Ireland continues to play fair… and plays to win

December 01, 2013

Helen O’Sullivan, the president of the Irish Tax Institute, believes that while the Irish government’s International Tax Strategy Statement shows the importance of multinational investors to the economy, tax-competitive rules are as important to small and medium-size enterprises, who employ 70% of the country’s workforce.

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