News for: Performance Management

Whitaker Institute member Dr Gerard Turley, of the Performance Management cluster, has written a new article for RTÉ Brainstorm. The piece looks at why the government’s vacant home tax is a missed opportunity. Why the Government’s vacant homes tax is a missed opportunity A number of housing measures were introduced this week in Budget 2023 aimed at… | Read on »

Whitaker Institute member Stephen McNena, of the Performance Management Cluster, has written a new article for RTÉ Brainstorm ahead of Budget 2023. The piece looks why new interest rates should be introduced. Why Paschal Donohoe should introduce new income tax rates Analysis: the Irish tax system is highly progressive and low earners pay zero or… | Read on »

Whitaker Institute member Stephen McNena, of the Performance Management cluster, has written a new article for RTÉ Brainstorm. The piece analyses the effectiveness of wealth tax. Is a wealth tax a good idea? Opinion: wealth inequality has been rising in recent decades, but questions surround the effectiveness of a pure wealth tax to address this… | Read on »

Local governments around the world are generally funded by a combination of own-source revenues and grants/transfers from upper tier levels of government. Ireland is no different, with its local authorities funded by a mix of local taxes, fees and charges, and central government grants. The only local tax is property tax. All revenues from the… | Read on »

Whitaker Institute member Professor Emer Mulligan, of the Performance Management Cluster, is the lead author on a new report published by the European Parliament, which was commissioned by its Economic and Monetary Affairs’ Subcommittee on Tax Matters (FISC). The report provides an overview of the regulatory environment of tax intermediaries and a comparative analysis of five… | Read on »

Whitaker Institute member Stephen McNena, of the Performance Management cluster, has written a new article for RTÉ Brainstorm. The piece looks at Ireland’s dependency on corporation tax. Is Ireland too dependant on corporation tax? Analysis: while corporation tax returns have surged in recent years, there are several risks associated with depending on this windfall Corporation… | Read on »

Whitaker Institute member Stephen McNena, of the Performance Management Cluster, has written a new article for RTÉ Brainstorm. The piece looks at the price of goods and services in Ireland, which are substantially above the EU average. Why are prices in Ireland so high? Analysis: Ireland’s high prices are not a recent phenomenon and they’ve… | Read on »

Whitaker Institute members Dr Gerard Turley and Stephen McNena, of the Performance Management cluster, have written a recent article for RTÉ Brainstorm. The article explores whether Ireland should introduce a vacant home tax, similar to that introduced in Canada. Is it time to tax the thousands of vacant houses in Ireland? Analysis: Canada’s experience may… | Read on »

Professor  Emer Mulligan, participated as an expert panellist at the recent public hearing of the EU Parliament’s tax sub-committee (FISC).  The hearing addressed “How to reinforce the regulation of intermediaries to create an intermediary sector that ensures a fair and user-friendly tax system?”. Professor Mulligan emphasised the need to examine the extent to which existing… | Read on »

On 23 March, the Whitaker Institute was delighted to host The use of informal controls and evasion of formal management controls by middle managers. In our talk/webinar we presented findings from our research into how middle managers simultaneously engage in different strategic roles and their use of formal and informal control practices across these roles. Using data… | Read on »