Full budget coverage online and in print

Whether you're interested in VAT or VRT, childcare or cigarettes, The Irish Times and irishtimes

Whether you're interested in VAT or VRT, childcare or cigarettes, The Irish Times and irishtimes.com offer comprehensive news and analysis of the Budget.

You can watch a live video stream of Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan's speech from 3.45pm and, in case you miss it, view a complete video on our site later in the day and afterwards.

Political Editor Stephen Collins will provide audio reaction shortly after Mr Lenihan's speech is concluded.

You can also use our calculator to work out the impact the budget changes will have on you personally.

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If you want to keep in touch with the Budget from your mobile sign up for our news text alerts at http://www.irishtimes.com/mobile/.

Our team will be providing regular updates on the main points throughout the afternoon on Twitter. Follow us at www.twitter.com/IrishTimesBiz.

If you are unclear about any of these changes, you can submit a question to a panel of experts from The Irish Times and PriceWaterhouseCoopers, who will answer your questions online between 10am and noon tomorrow.

The panel includes The Irish Times journalists Laura Slattery and Caroline Madden and PriceWaterhouseCoopers tax managers Sean Walsh and Eimear O'Loughlin.

A selection of questions and answers will be included in a special Budget supplement published with Thursday's Irish Times.

The supplement will provide a comprehensive guide to the April Budget with news and analysis from our politics and finance teams.