Irish immigrants must see: an explanation of Irish tax system

Ireland is a small country with a small population and a simple tax system. All taxes are collected by officials or employees of the State Taxation Bureau, and the income is turned over to the central government. At present, Irish taxes include:

Capital acquisition tax, capital gains tax, corporate tax, deposit interest retention tax, dividend withholding tax, resident tax (family tax), environmental tax (environmental tax), consumption tax (exercise tax), income tax (income tax), property tax (local property tax), withholding tax for professional services (professional services without holding tax), special contract tax, stamp duty, ton tax, universal social charges, etc.

At present, the main taxes that realize tax payment are income tax, value-added tax, consumption tax, enterprise tax and stamp duty. The tax revenue of the above taxes in 20 12 accounted for 4 1.4%, 27.8%, 12.8%,1.5% and 3.9% of the total tax revenue in that year respectively.

Ireland's corporate tax is only 12.5%, which can be described as "cabbage price". In addition, there is an agreement between Ireland and China to avoid double taxation. After immigrating to Ireland, there is no need for two countries to pay taxes twice like the United States, thus reducing the tax burden of the whole family.