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Colm McCarthy: Lower tax rate on green diesel is not a subsidy
Colm McCarthy
There are tolls on parts of the inter-urban road network and at a few locations in Dublin but government has been scared to introduce direct road user charging
7 May 2025 Northern Ireland
UK taxpayers set to face ‘years of high tax’
Bands for calculating income tax have been frozen in the UK until April 2028.
30 April 2025 News
Real estate developer actively buying RZLT land
The company, based in Sligo, currently has 350 housing units under construction mainly in the west, midlands and east of the country.
Farmers seek to dezone over 370ac of land from tax
Analysis by the Irish Farmers Journal using county council data found that counties in Munster received the most amount of requests from landowners to rezone their land as agricultural.
30 April 2025 News
RZLT deadline now three weeks away
Farmers whose land has been zoned must make a return by 23 May, even if they have applied for dezoning.
30 April 2025 News
Further carbon tax to be added to green diesel
Green diesel users should be aware that the carbon tax is set to increase by a further €7.50/t, from 1 May 2025, with the price hike estimated by suppliers to add in the region of 2c/l.
30 April 2025 News
Inheritance tax will ‘starve’ Northern Ireland’s economy
From April 2026, 100% relief for APR and BPR will be limited to the first £1m of combined agricultural property - any value above this is set at 50%.
25 April 2025 Northern Ireland
Strong on-farm investment forecast on back of good prices
Strong market returns are bolstering farmer confidence to invest, banks are reporting.
23 April 2025 News
More items now eligible for accelerated capital allowances for farm safety
Cattle crushes, calving gates, fixed sheep handling units, roller doors and yard lights are now eligible for the accelerated capital allowances.
10 April 2025 News
Trump tariffs are what Brexit could have been
Tariff announcement by President Trump no worse than expected, but the impact will still be damaging for Irish exports.
4 April 2025 News
UFU president not giving up on IHT change
William Irvine has said UK farm organisations will continue to campaign for changes to proposed inheritance tax reforms.
2 April 2025 Northern Ireland
Don’t bet the farm on inheritance tax change
To date, senior Labour politicians have appeared unsympathetic to concerns raised by farmers.
2 April 2025 Northern Ireland