Irish “Budget Perspectives” 2010 Conference: Property tax could account for fairness/ability to pay; Social partnership is interest/pressure group model of decision making
Oct 13th, 2009 | By Finfacts Ireland Business & Finance Portal | Category: News worldwide
The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) and the Foundation for Fiscal Studies (FFS) will hold the twelfth Irish "Budget Perspectives" 2010 Conference today. It will examine some of the key economic and public finance issues that need to be considered in framing policy for the forthcoming Budget and the Irish economy medium term. A paper on an Irish property tax says a system could be designed to take considerations of fairness and ability to pay into account. Another paper says social partnership is essentially an interest or pressure group model of decision making.