Inheritance tax

Households to benefit from extension to reduced 9% VAT rate on energy bills into next year

The projected €10 billion plus package of permanent and temporary measures is expected to put up to €1,000 in the pocket of the average worker

How have our budget families fared with changes in tax and relief since 2011, in the aftermath of the crash?

Former Fine Gael TD says he is ‘gobsmacked’ by turnout at public meeting in south Dublin calling for end of ‘State-sponsored grave robbery’

Plus: Alan Shatter seeks to protect the inheritance; a campaign for a Colm Meaney statue in Killarney; and Clare Daly’s political future

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While inheritance taxes might generate a lot of attention, on an annual basis, they don’t contribute a significant amount to the exchequer. That’s why some countries have abolished it

Recent increases to thresholds appear ‘arbitrary’ and not to follow ‘clear and consistent principles’, Parliamentary Budget Office says

Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock

Q&A: Depending on timing two different people can end up paying different amounts of tax on the same amount of an inheritance or gift

Views on inheritance tax are determined by politics but it might be better to focus on more practical issues

Despite wealth inequality, when it comes to social uplift, the past few decades in Ireland have been truly remarkable

There is talk of increasing the tax-free threshold on inheritance in Budget 2025

Tax Strategy Group suggests Revenue should keep records with reporting of gifts and inheritance mandatory for beneficiaries

Annual tax strategy papers ahead of budget also call for mandatory reporting of all inheritances

If the Government increases income tax credits and bands enough to allow for inflation there will be little enough left for other major tax measures

Inheritance tax changes, congestion charges, indexing the income tax system and hospitality’s pursuit of the 9 per cent VAT rate

Department of Finance’s Tax Strategy Group examines ways to strengthen the State’s inheritance tax system

A concession may not be hugely costly, but in a system where wealth and assets are lightly taxed it is not the right thing to do

Cutting inheritance tax benefits the offspring of the generation now leaving property behind - and their parents already enjoyed mortgage interest relief in the past