PQ 63
109 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the findings of a report, The Distributional Impact of Ireland’s Indirect Tax System, published in May 2006 by the Combat Poverty Agency which showed that the indirect tax system is regressive, with households in the lower decile paying out 21% of their income in indirect taxes while households in the top decile pay out 9.6% of their income this way; the action he will take regarding the report’s recommendations to ensure progressivity elsewhere in the tax system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19267/06]
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Eamon Gilmore
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109 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the findings of a report, The Distributional Impact of Ireland’s Indirect Tax System, published in May 2006 by the Combat Poverty Agency which showed that the indirect tax system is regressive, with households in the lower decile paying out 21% of their income in indirect taxes while households in the top decile pay out 9.6% of their income this way; the action he will take regarding the report’s recommendations to ensure progressivity elsewhere in the tax system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19267/06]
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23 May 2006
Tax Code.
109 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the findings of a report, The Distributional Impact of Ireland’s Indirect Tax System, published in May 2006 by the Combat Poverty Agency which showed that the indirect tax system is regressive, with households in the lower decile paying out 21% of their income in indirect taxes while households in the top decile pay out 9.6% of their income this way; the action he will take regarding the report’s recommendations to ensure progressivity elsewhere in the tax system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19267/06]
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