Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 17 June 2014

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation

Assessment of Measures Relating to Corporation Tax in Ireland: Discussion

3:20 pm

Photo of Richard Boyd BarrettRichard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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That is quite a different view from that articulated by Ms O'Brien. A reasonable assessment of the effective rate would actually put it closer because the normal rule is if a company is incorporated in a place, it is taxed there. While it can be interpreted as that is what the Government and the Department of Finance are doing, if one is being consistent