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Budget 2011 ideas

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    #272
    RichardAnd
    Registered Users Posts: 3,687 ✭✭✭RichardAnd


    AnnaM49 wrote: »
    I think it is very short sighted of people to say that the artist exemption should be axed. Firstly it is an honour as a writer and member of the arts community to get artist exemption. It is a recognition by the arts council and the government of the artist and the merit of their work.
    It is quite farcial for those who come out and say axe the artist exemption on the grounds that it is taking a huge bite from the purse strings of the tax payer. Most writers and artists in this country do not make enough money from their work to even be paying tax.
    As I have said before, it is not so much a tax break as a recognition of one's work.
    Ireland has always prided itself on its artists yet I find it sad and very narrow minded that in times of crisis the first thing people call on is the axing of the artist exemption. Instead of always trying to get rid of our artists by pushing them to emigrate there are other ways to save money like the abolition of free gym membership for certain social welfare recipients


    +1

    A good artist, writer, musician or whatever creates far more in a day than many do in their entire lives. Besides, I would say the amount gained by taxing artists would be minuscule.


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    #273
    Aard
    Registered Users Posts: 4,905 ✭✭✭Aard


    Aard wrote: »
    Selling off RTÉ would save the exchequer about €280m per year. The average household would save about €210 per year.


    (Based on 0.453 tv sets per capita http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/med_tel_percap-media-televisions-per-capita and €141 of the tv licence fee going to RTÉ/TG4 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RT%C3%89#Breakdown_of_the_Licence_Fee)


    EDIT:
    Only realised that tv licences are paid per household with a tv, rather than per tv set. That means a more "modest" saving of €210m (once tax evaders are factored in) for the exchequer, and €160 for the individual.


    Or, if we were to keep RTÉ, then how about abolishing the licence fee, and instead introducing a levy on devices that can receive tv-broadcasts?


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    #274
    davoxx
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,539 ✭✭✭davoxx


    i think this is what is wrong with ireland => http://boards.ie/tre/2056002732 :eek:


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