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TaxFlash - Tax Group Briefing (The Finance Bill 2008), 31st January 2008

  • The Finance Bill 2008 was published today. The Finance Bill is expected to be enacted before 5th April 2008. Among the changes it proposes are the introduction of a number of measures designed to establish Ireland as a location of choice for vehicles intending to trade in the carbon credit markets and to extend the types of assets that can be securitised by Irish securitisation vehicles. In addition the  Finance Bill proposes to reduce the rate of corporation tax on certain dividends received from companies resident in an EU member state or Irish treaty country to 12.5% from 25%.
  • 31.01.2008