Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 12 February 2015
Public Accounts Committee
2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
IDA Ireland - Financial Statement 2013
Enterprise Ireland - Financial Statement 2013
10:00 am
Mr. Martin Shanahan:
We have a competitive tax code. There are structures around amortisation of intellectual property and there is a 25% tax credit in respect of research and development expenditure. Personal taxation rates come into play if someone intends to set up and operate a business here. The Minister for Finance announced in budget 2015 that a knowledge development box will be introduced, in which there will be significant interest, which will be attractive to some multinationals. Companies look at the entire package.