The Internal Revenue Service is making it easier for more people to file their taxes for free in 2020. On Monday, the IRS made an addendum to its Free File program which is an agreement with a dozen tax preparation firms including H&R Block and TurboTax’s parent company Intuit.  The government program offers no-charge tax-prep software to people […]

The Government’s tax take has almost doubled since the low point of the crash in 2010, according to the latest exchequer returns. They show that the Government collected a record €59 billion in taxes last year, exceeding the 2018 performance by 6.8 per cent or €3.75 billion. This was nearly double the €31 billion collected

Paying tax is part of living in a productive, progressive society. The government uses tax dollars to invest in the economy by building infrastructure and offering other public services. Your taxes help run the country, but sometimes it feels like an unfair burden we all have to pay. If you listen to the media, you’ll

The Chairman Association of Licensed Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ALTON), Gbenga Adebayo in this interview with ADEYEMI ADEPETUN, explained that price determination in telecoms sector is not determined by political intervention. How are licensed operators reacting to the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami’s directive on data tariff review?Let me start by

Corporation tax receipts were €1.4 billion ahead of expectations, totalling €10.9 billion in 2019 helping the overall tax take rise by almost 7 per cent. The Department of Finance said on Friday morning that taxation receipts last year were €1.4 billion ahead of original expectations on the back of the strong corporation tax performance with

Housing shortage calleda crisis to allow tax hike I hear a lot of talk about everyone paying their “fair share” of taxes. Is it fair that everyone votes on taxes that will only affect a small, targeted, group of taxpayers? Peter will almost always vote to tax Paul. Is it ethical for our representatives in

A story published by New York Times on Monday detailed how President Donald Trump’s Treasury Department, led by former Goldman Sachs banker Steve Mnuchin, has quietly weakened elements of the 2017 tax law in recent months to make it even friendlier to wealthy individuals and massive corporations. Lobbyists representing some of the largest corporations in the world,