Corporation tax take below estimate again in September by devhaugh Tags:ireland 13 comments Keep the recovery going Good thing we’re not relying on it being a consistent source of budgetary income, eh? Guess that second Children’s Hospital is probably not happening now lads. 😢 [Welp](https://frinkiac.com/video/S05E03/bNBGZT9rs-PuTMMQHcsWWYW_pnQ=.gif) So hang on instead of a surplus we suddenly have a €9bn deficit? That’s convenient timing for the budget Have revenue ever actually been remotely correct in their estimates Watch the Dail panic over this in a way they’ve never panicked about the housing crisis. We had the COVID surge last year I presume. 1.1 billion surplus ain’t bad for a month. no budget this year. we all partied €1 billion extra now being spent on Ukrainians Guess we will all just have to pay more tax to fund the government madness No wondering the government are sitting on an excess budget all year round and refusing to spend it Perhaps they know corpo tax isn’t going to come in and that excess is actually just to maintain the balance For years they’ve incorrectly underestimated corporation tax, now they’re overestimating it. Perhaps they’re just not good at estimating? Increase the rate, simple. Close some loopholes later. This is starting to remind me of the covid modelling, pure guesswork Leave a ReplyYou must be logged in to post a comment.
So hang on instead of a surplus we suddenly have a €9bn deficit? That’s convenient timing for the budget Have revenue ever actually been remotely correct in their estimates
€1 billion extra now being spent on Ukrainians Guess we will all just have to pay more tax to fund the government madness
No wondering the government are sitting on an excess budget all year round and refusing to spend it Perhaps they know corpo tax isn’t going to come in and that excess is actually just to maintain the balance
For years they’ve incorrectly underestimated corporation tax, now they’re overestimating it. Perhaps they’re just not good at estimating?
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Keep the recovery going
Good thing we’re not relying on it being a consistent source of budgetary income, eh?
Guess that second Children’s Hospital is probably not happening now lads. 😢
[Welp](https://frinkiac.com/video/S05E03/bNBGZT9rs-PuTMMQHcsWWYW_pnQ=.gif)
So hang on instead of a surplus we suddenly have a €9bn deficit? That’s convenient timing for the budget
Have revenue ever actually been remotely correct in their estimates
Watch the Dail panic over this in a way they’ve never panicked about the housing crisis.
We had the COVID surge last year I presume. 1.1 billion surplus ain’t bad for a month.
no budget this year. we all partied
€1 billion extra now being spent on Ukrainians
Guess we will all just have to pay more tax to fund the government madness
No wondering the government are sitting on an excess budget all year round and refusing to spend it
Perhaps they know corpo tax isn’t going to come in and that excess is actually just to maintain the balance
For years they’ve incorrectly underestimated corporation tax, now they’re overestimating it. Perhaps they’re just not good at estimating?
Increase the rate, simple. Close some loopholes later.
This is starting to remind me of the covid modelling, pure guesswork