20 billion it is, but that's a drop in the ocean given that 5 trillion is now invested in irish domiciled funds and 1 trillion of that is ETFs but a miniscule proportion of that is irish investors.Hang on, theres 20 billion invested by Irish people in ETFs ?
That must be a typo... maybe 20 million.
Do 'poor' people not have money on bank accounts?Which, to be fair, is true.
The well off who are paying for pretty much everything, the politics of envy.My gut feeling is any measures they take will be seen as only benefiting the more well off and thus get criticised on Budget day.
Poor people only have money in bank accounts. Having enough spare cash to be looking at investments means you are not poor.
so should taxation policy be designed only to favour those who live pay cheque to pay cheque?Poor people only have money in bank accounts. Having enough spare cash to be looking at investments means you are not poor.
Money in a bank account is still an investment. Probably not a good one, but still an investment.Poor people only have money in bank accounts. Having enough spare cash to be looking at investments means you are not poor.
This is the worst bit. It's not as if there isn't any taxes where this has already been a factorEspecially when they found the EU wouldn't allow it.
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?