Ireland must charge full tax rate
| 19 Jun 2013 14:02 |
| The head of tax for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has told Ireland it must charge 12.5% tax and not 2% if it wants to retain its tax regime. |
| Pascal Saint-Amans told a conference in Dublin that Ireland's tax regime was "low and attractive". |
| His comments follow controversy regarding multinational Apple, which a US Senate committee claimed was only paying 2% on company profits. |
| Mr Saint-Amans acknowledged that the Irish Government had played a role in supporting the OECD's efforts to extinguish tax loopholes. |
