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- Financial Resolution No. 13: Stamp Duties (14 Oct 2008)
Mary Coughlan: Of all taxes, it is the oneââ
- Financial Resolution No. 13: Stamp Duties (14 Oct 2008)
Mary Coughlan: Yes. 23% of nothing is nothing.
- Financial Resolution No. 13: Stamp Duties (14 Oct 2008)
Mary Coughlan: It is the same in Kildare as it is in Dublin.
- Financial Resolution No. 13: Stamp Duties (14 Oct 2008)
Mary Coughlan: DIRT is a consumer-friendly tax. One does not have to worry about tax returns, investments or any of that.
- Financial Resolution No. 13: Stamp Duties (14 Oct 2008)
Mary Coughlan: Certain products are available for small savers. DIRT does not arise in that context. Different types of products are available for small savers.
- Financial Resolution No. 13: Stamp Duties (14 Oct 2008)
Mary Coughlan: Special term accounts are available. In the case of medium-term accounts, the first â¬480 of interest is exempt from DIRT.
- Financial Resolution No. 13: Stamp Duties (14 Oct 2008)
Mary Coughlan: In the case of long-term accounts, the first â¬635 of interest is exempt from DIRT. There is also a return on that in the context of the elderly and the incapacitated.
- Financial Resolution No. 13: Stamp Duties (14 Oct 2008)
Mary Coughlan: In the context of the overall taxation measures, I do not think the 23% rate is a retrograde step or should be seen in any way as a disincentive. We are trying to encourageââ
- Financial Resolution No. 13: Stamp Duties (14 Oct 2008)
Mary Coughlan: We do not pay it at the top rate anyway. I have to admit I am one of those people who continues to believe in signing cheques. If one uses a cheque book, at least one has some idea of what one has spent.
- Financial Resolution No. 13: Stamp Duties (14 Oct 2008)
Mary Coughlan: I fill them in.
- Financial Resolution No. 13: Stamp Duties (14 Oct 2008)
Mary Coughlan: I make sure everything is 100%.
- Financial Resolution No. 13: Stamp Duties (14 Oct 2008)
Mary Coughlan: I cannot afford to sign too many cheques now that I have had a reduction in salary.
- Financial Resolution No. 8: Excise Duty (Betting Tax) (14 Oct 2008)
Mary Coughlan: Betting tax is currently 1%, collection of which falls on the bookmaker. That will remain the case when it increases to 2%. Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked about the amalgam on the effect of the consumer price index. It is 0.7% but the overall budgetary framework is 0.6%, which is on the basis of a projection of inflation of 2.5% next year. This also includes mortgages. The reduced excise duty...
- Financial Resolution No. 8: Excise Duty (Betting Tax) (14 Oct 2008)
Mary Coughlan: It will work both ways.
- Financial Resolution No. 8: Excise Duty (Betting Tax) (14 Oct 2008)
Mary Coughlan: Between cycling, no smoking and a reduction in alcohol consumption, we will be the healthiest people and, as a consequence, reduce our expenditure in the health sector.
- Financial Resolution No. 8: Excise Duty (Betting Tax) (14 Oct 2008)
Mary Coughlan: Choices had to be made. There has been a deafening silence on the other side of the House. They do not want any measure that will create revenue but, at the same time, not one of them has said they want to reduce expenditure or want more borrowing.
- Financial Resolution No. 8: Excise Duty (Betting Tax) (14 Oct 2008)
Mary Coughlan: What services do they want reduced? What further cuts do they want outside of today's budget?
- Financial Resolution No. 8: Excise Duty (Betting Tax) (14 Oct 2008)
Mary Coughlan: Regarding the increase in VAT, compared to other EU member states, Ireland applies a considerably lower VAT rate to an extensive range of goods and services. I indicated earlier the goods and services on which this will impact. It is a matter for revenue creation. I do not necessarily agree it will reduce consumer confidence or be a reason for people not to purchase certain items and...
- Financial Resolution No. 8: Excise Duty (Betting Tax) (14 Oct 2008)
Mary Coughlan: It will not affect food and children's clothes.
- Financial Resolution No. 8: Excise Duty (Betting Tax) (14 Oct 2008)
Mary Coughlan: Yes, it only comes to 50 cent for every â¬100.