| Sur-tax on profits analysed for Tax Strategy Group |
Issue: 02 / 2000 |
| The government’s Tax Strategy Group (TSG) is still considering ways to avoid allowing the benefit of the proposed 12.5 per cent corporation tax rate to certain companies. |
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| UCD MBA ‘best value’ with $91,000 salary |
Issue: 02 / 2000 |
| The return for MBAs was based on the salary progress of 1996 graduates, with salary weighted over the intervening years. |
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| Will the Planning Bill remove obstacles to investment? |
Issue: 02 / 2000 |
| Financing property, whether by debt or equity, is very sensitive to legal, regulatory and tax conditions. The Planning and Development Bill now going through the Oireachtas is the latest change to be factored into the equation. It is aimed at reducing delays in the planning process, but will not of itself be sufficient to achieve this. So will the environment for property investment change much? Liam McCabe assesses the issues. |
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| 151 Days and counting |
Issue: 12 / 1999 |
| Since its first edition in June 1987, Finance has carried the feature 'A Day in the Life'. Customer surveys have shown that it is probably the most consistently read article in Finance over the years. |
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| A complete guide to Save As You Earn share option schemes |
Issue: 12 / 1999 |
| Jim Ryan details the legislative provisions necessary to establish a Revenue approved savings related share option schemes (SAYE schemes). |
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| A packet of biscuits and a pension please |
Issue: 12 / 1999 |
| John Cunningham reflects on a year when the financial services industry was caught off guard by new entrants |
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| At end ‘99, take a Greek holiday |
Issue: 12 / 1999 |
| If you're unconvinced by the Asian recovery or the Irish boom, Greece may be the place for you, writes Kevin McConnell in his 1999 equity markets review |
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| Avoidance and evasion |
Issue: 12 / 1999 |
| Media treatment of tax matters over the last few years might cause some readers to believe that there is no distinction between tax avoidance and tax evasion, and that both are unlawful. |
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| Bear bites back in bonds |
Issue: 12 / 1999 |
| 1999 will be remembered as the year of the Good, the Bad and the Ugly in the Irish bond market. |
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| BUPA Ireland calls for competition without risk equalisation |
Issue: 12 / 1999 |
| At the Strategic Planning Conference in November, Martin O'Rourke, Managing Director, BUPA Ireland called for the dismantling of monopolies and the abandonment of State aid and risk equalisation in the health insurance sector. |
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| Cash management and the internet |
Issue: 12 / 1999 |
| Brian Howley offers a banker's reflections on cash management and a bank's services in the light of internet developments. |
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| Consumers to gain from PPP Deals |
Issue: 12 / 1999 |
| Mark Spain, associate director, IBI Corporate Finance, speaking at a recent conference, 'Public Private Partnerships in Ireland lll', stated that the Irish Government and consumers will be the ultimate beneficiaries of a more competitive market through the establishment of Public Private Partnership ('PPP') projects. |
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| Dealer of the Year 1999 |
Issue: 12 / 1999 |
| The annual IACT 'Dealer of the Year' Awards were announced at the end of November. We asked the winners to recall their best (and in some cases worst) advisory calls of 1999. |
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| Funding of public pensions - will the politicians leave the money alone |
Issue: 12 / 1999 |
| The funding of public pensions has often be seen as a positive economic step by a government coming to terms with the financial reality of past promises made. However, as part of the euro zone, does this hold true, and, if so, does it matter? asks John Mannion |
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| Illegal forestry fees persisted despite rulings |
Issue: 12 / 1999 |
| The collection of a 5 per cent fee levied on 6,200 applicants for EU-financed forestry grants was continued by the Department of Marine and Natural Resources, even though the EU and Attorney General found against it. Eamonn O’ Flanagan relates the saga |
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