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    Budget 2026: Keine Änderungen der geplanten persönlichen Einkommensteuer

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    1. Willing-Departure115 on

      No change in bands or credits is, in effect, a tax increase – as wages rise in line with inflation, failure to move the bands drags more people into the net in real terms. All so we can pay for a VAT cut for one particular sector of the economy.

    3. Commercial_Gold_9699 on

      It’s not an election year so they were never going to. That rate cut to hospitality is a bad move.

    4. Alastor001 on

      If only they wouldn’t waste tax money so badly… Cough cough bike shelters, IPAs, certain hospital etc

    6. SeanB2003 on

      It doesn’t have to be this way. Remember that they are making choices when they try to tell you that problems are outside their control and nobody could do better.

      Because they are still planning tax cuts, just not for you. The tax cuts are for business owners as part of their [„solemn promise“](https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/2025/06/16/donohoe-warns-national-economic-dialogue-on-tariff-threat-to-economy/) to reduce VAT for hospitality.

      Promises made during an election are solemn when made to business. Is €200 per month childcare solemn? Is increasing the supply of housing?

      They could instead lower taxes on workers or hire the people we need to deliver public services. According to their own fiscal watchdog:

      >As of 2025, reducing the VAT rate from 13.5% to 9% would cost €0.87 billion for a full-year (0.27% of national income), equivalent to cost of increasing the standard rate income tax bands by €3,000, hiring 11,400 nurses or 7,800 teachers.

      https://www.fiscalcouncil.ie/vat-rate-changes-and-pass-through-2/

    8. Atpeacebeats on

      In other words: now that the price of butter and a plank of wood have doubled it’s a tax increase.

    9. douglashyde on

      An example being if someone earns 50K and spends 95% of what they earn.

      A 2% salary increase & 2% inflation means they are worse of by €174 a year.

    10. SirJoePininfarina on

      Honestly I’d rather that because tax cuts only alleviate things for a few months the way things are, whereas I’d much rather see them extend healthcare i.e. more free GP visit cards, lower the prescription cost cap and create more screening programmes than throw us a few bob that just evaporates anyway

    11. RealDealMrSeal on

      Thanks at least with this VAT reduction my coffee will still go up in price

    12. clewbays on

      If you looked at the tread from last year where they announced they were raising the bands. I’d imagine you’d see the same negativity as this tread where they are not rasing them. Probably with a lot of the same people complaining.

    14. Keyann on

      The VAT cut won’t be passed to the consumer so it will only benefit the owners of those businesses. The vintners lobby well, it must be said.

    15. Keyann on

      As I have gotten a bit older, I have come to the realisation that you are on your own, no one will help you. The state will take half your salary and give you the middle finger in return. Cynical maybe but the only way out of this for individuals is to earn more and put yourself in a position where you are insulated financially from all the bullshit.

    17. A-Hind-D on

      I wouldn’t have expected this given the lack of conversation on it in the lead up.

      Last time income tax was raised was a few years ago and I recall pascal and Leo mentioning that any change to it would take time and planning to implement for the systems alone.

      I’m for another band between the 20 and 40%, but where that falls is hard to nail down

    19. hmmm_ on

      I voted for this government so I’m partly to blame, but this would be shameful. A tax increase on workers. To fund 10 billion thrown into the black hole of government spending and hundreds of millions being given to big businesses. And kites being flown about effectively means-testing child benefit, along with hundreds more millions given to NGOs to compete with people trying to buy houses. It’s indefensible, it’s a giant „fuck you“ to people who work and pay taxes.

    20. hollywoodmelty on

      The economy is doing great not good enough to do anything for the peasant but we all got our pay rises and are well looked after so what the problem ffg

    21. gowangowangowan on

      There will be a lot of increases to social welfare though. I’m sure there will be no shortage of people claiming FFG hate poor people and only look after the rich…

    22. cavemeister on

      A rate cut to hospitality is not going to see people returning to the pubs in their droves. 7 euro pints will still be 7 euro post budget.

    23. Naive_Goat4819 on

      I’m assuming there’s an element of kite flying going on here as well. Put out the idea of no changes, guage public reaction, adjust accordingly 

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