Ireland as a tax haven
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Ireland has been labelled as a corporate tax haven in multiple financial reports, an allegation which the state has rejected. Ireland is on all academic tax haven lists, including the § Leaders in tax
Irish Finance Minister Michael Noonan (2011–2017) told an Irish MEP to "put on the green jersey" when told of a new tax scheme to replace the "Double Irish".
Pierre Moscovici, EU Tax Commissioner, said on 24 January 2017, the EU did not consider Ireland a tax haven, but on 18 January 2018 said that Ireland was a tax blackhole.
Profitability of U.S. subsidiaries (2015 BEA data)
Irish Taoiseach Enda Kenny (l) PwC (Ireland) Managing Partner Feargal O'Rourke (r), architect of the double Irish BEPS tool
Tax haven
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A tax haven is a term, often used pejoratively, to describe a place with very low tax rates for non-domiciled investors, even if the official rates may be higher.
Ireland as a tax haven
…Ireland has been labelled as a corporate tax haven in multiple financial reports, an allegation which the state has rejected. Ireland is on all academic tax haven lists, including the § Leaders in tax haven research, and tax NGOs. Ireland does not meet the 1998 OECD definition of a tax haven, but no OECD member, including…
Poster issued by British HMRC to counter offshore tax evasion