SELF-EMPLOYED people will face a large PRSI hike in the budget in return for enjoying the safety net of social welfare benefits if the Government adopts a proposal from an expert group. The ...

For most of us, PRSI is seen as simply an additional tax, without actually understanding what benefits if any can come from paying into this “Social Insurance”. For self-employed persons, including ...

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar will oppose what Fine Gael sources called a “massive” proposed PRSI hike for the self-employed, designed to help pay for delays to raising the age for the State pension. The ...

MIDDLE-income families could end up paying additional tax of between €1,000 and €2,000 a year under changes to the PRSI system anticipated in next week's Budget. It is expected that Finance Minister ...

Ireland’s population will age rapidly in the coming decades as people live longer and ‘Irish baby boomers’, people born in the 1970s, reach retirement, said Sebastian Barnes, chairperson of the Irish ...

THE Government has been blasted for “taking from the ordinary worker” as millions face a hike in their PRSI contributions. Full-time workers will face an increase of 0.7 per cent on their tax bill ...

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