Fine Gael wants to see a tax break of €1,000 a year for workers on the average household income ahead of Coalition talks on the Budget this October. The call amounts to an opening salvo from Fine Gael ahead of Budget talks with Fianna Fáil and the Green Party that are expected to get under way later this summer and continue to the autumn. A full-time worker on an average wage of €52,000 should get a tax break of more than €1,000 in October’s Budget. Speaking to RTÉ last Thursday, Mr Varadkar said he wanted middle-income people to pay less income tax, noting that the Coalition had raised the band for the higher rate of income tax to €40,000. I don’t like to see people losing half their pay increase or half their overtime on income tax.

Source: Irish Independent May 22, 2023 03:06 UTC