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2015 (2015) Irish budget
Presented	14 October 2014
Parliament	31st Dáil
Government	29th Government of Ireland
Party	Fine Gael; Labour Party;
Minister for Finance	Michael Noonan (FG)
Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform	Brendan Howlin (Lab)
Website	Budget 2015
	‹ 2014 2016›

The 2015 Irish budget was the Irish Government budget for the 2015 fiscal year, which was presented to Dáil Éireann on 14 October 2014.

The Minister for Finance Michael Noonan outlined the taxation measures with Brendan Howlin detailing the spending.^[1] The government reversed some of the austerity measures that were introduced over the past six years with extra spending and tax cuts worth just over €1bn.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Summary

Child Benefit increase to rise €5 per child
New 8% USC rate for those earning over €70,000
Entry point for USC raised to above €12,000
Water Charges Relief worth up to €100
Income tax relief on water charges up to max of €500
41% Income Tax rate reduced to 40%
Price of 20 cigarettes to rise by 40c from 15 October 2014
9% VAT rate to stay
'Double Irish' tax arrangement to be abolished by 2020

References

^ "The main things you really need to know from Budget 2015". Journal. 14 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
^ "Budget 2015: Give and take". Irish Independent. 15 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
^ "Budget 2015: as it happened". RTÉ News. 14 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
^ "Noonan denies budget framed for election". Irish Examiner. 14 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
^ "Budget 2015". Irish Times. 14 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.