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Government Considered Raising VAT Rates For Hotels In Budget

Documents drawn up by the Department of Finance state that high hotel prices in Dublin do not justify the tourism industry's reduced VAT rate of 9%. Acc...

RAI Welcomes Retention Of 9% VAT Rate In Budget 2018

Responding to news that excise duty will not be increased in this year's budget, Restaurants Association of Ireland (RAI) chief executive Adrian Cummins ha...

RAI Reports Says Tourism VAT Increase Will Cost Jobs

In light of a new economic impact report by economist Jim Power which assesses the impact that a 1% increase in the tourism VAT rate would have on the sect...

Taoiseach Advises Against Withdrawing Hospitality Industry's 9% VAT Rate

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said that withdrawing the hospitality industry's special 9% VAT rate in the upcoming budget "could actually do damage"...

Tourism Minister Concerned About Rising Hotel Costs

Tourism Minister Shane Ross has conveyed concerns about hotels that record "very large profits" being able to avail of the hospitality sector's s...

Shane Ross And Tourism Ireland CEO Have 'Very Positive' Brexit Meeting

Shane Ross, the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport held a 'very positive meeting' with the CEO of Tourism Ireland, Niall Gibbons, in which Irel...