Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
Dail Éireann — 2024-01-24
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Leo Varadkar (FG), Dublin West

As I say, I would like to see them and interrogate them. To come back to what the Deputy said in respect of tax, companies and people are taxed differently. If you are an individual, such as a landlord, you pay income tax. Companies do not pay income tax. They never have. Companies pay corporation profit tax and when they issue a dividend to their shareholders, those shareholders pay capital acquisitions tax. That is how they are taxed. To say they do not pay a red cent in tax is misinformation.

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Sitting date: 2024-01-24