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In light of the grim financial circumstances in which many local people find themselves, Mullingar town councillor Ken Glynn is calling on the Government to introduce a system whereby car tax could be paid on a monthly basis.

Kilkenny man John Bryan has called on the Government to abandon the green carbon tax on farm diesel, which comes into effect next weekend. The IFA believes that the introduction of the new tax will reduce farm incomes by two per cent.

A Kilkenny photographer has appeared before Kilkenny Circuit Court accused of failing to pay tax on earnings totalling €1.4m.

If Galway bars, restaurants, and hotels are to survive the recession then commercial rates and water charges must be reduced and all other local authority charges frozen.

IFA president Kilkenny man, John Bryan, has called on the Government to follow the lead of France and suspend its decision to introduce a carbon tax to assist the country regain competitiveness so that exports and jobs can be developed.

Tourists are vital to the Irish economy but for the pleasure of coming here the Government hits them with a tax, and this is affecting tourism in Galway and across the State.

“You were a crap player and you are a crap manager. The only reason I have any dealings with you is that somehow you are the manager of my country and you’re not even Irish….” It is alleged that after this tirade Roy Keane walked out of the Irish team at Saipan in 2002. Little did he know exactly what he just started, because start something he did. All contemporary economic and social wisdom indicates that the rot that exists in our socio economic and political system began to manifest itself during the middle of 2002 or thereabouts. Given that those tasked with managing the economy at the time deny any responsibility, then obviously someone else must be responsible for our economic distress. My money is on Roy Keane.

Q I own a company which owns a rented retail unit worth approx €500,000. I want to give this property to my son but I don’t want him to have to pay cash into the company for it. What are the tax implications of this?

Brian Thornton and Terri Treacy of KPMG, chartered accountants, highlight below some of the key points which emerged from the Minister’s speech in the Dáil.

Q I own a company which owns a rented retail unit worth approx €500,000. I want to give this property to my son but I don’t want him to have to pay cash into the company for it. What are the tax implications of this?