The 2015 Irish budget was the

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for the 2015

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, which was presented to

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on 14 October 2014. The

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Michael Noonan outlined the taxation measures with Brendan Howlin detailing the spending. The government reversed some of the austerity measures that were introduced over the past six years with extra spending and tax cuts worth just over €1bn.

Summary

*Child Benefit increase to rise €5 per child *New 8% USC rate for those earning over €70,000 *Entry point for USC raised to above €12,000 *Water Charges Relief worth up to €100 *Income tax relief on water charges up to max of €500 *41% Income Tax rate reduced to 40% *Price of 20 cigarettes to rise by 40c from 15 October 2014 *9% VAT rate to stay *'Double Irish' tax arrangement to be abolished by 2020

References

External links

Budget 2015 DocumentIrish budget, 2015 at Tax Institute
at ''Irish Independent''
Irish budget, 2015
at ''Irish Times'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Irish Budget, 2015 2014 in Irish politics

Budget A budget is a calculation play, usually but not always financial, for a defined period, often one year or a month. A budget may include anticipated sales volumes and revenues, resource quantities including time, costs and expenses, environmenta ...

2015 government budgets 2015 in Irish politics

October 2014 events in Ireland 31st Dáil 15 Michael Noonan (Fine Gael politician)