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Budget 2003

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  • 04-12-2002 4:11pm
    #1
    b20uvkft6m5xwg
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,695 ✭✭✭


    Official Announcement due w/in the Hour

    We'll use this thread to consolidate discussion :)

    For the latest news, may I recommend... www.rte.ie/budget


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    speedfreak
    Registered Users Posts: 437 ✭✭speedfreak


    http://breaking.examiner.ie/budget is getting the stories faster.....


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    Lucutus
    Registered Users Posts: 2,831 ✭✭✭Lucutus


    Good speech...seems reasonable enough to me...

    ...No mention of the Special Savings Incentive Scheme...

    ...never liked Smirinoff Ice anyway. :D

    Luc


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    The Cigarette Smoking Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 649 ✭✭✭The Cigarette Smoking Man


    1% increase on the lower rate of VAT. That lower rate of VAT covers a lot of areas - food/drink/electricity/gas/newspapers etc


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    scojones
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,230 ✭✭✭scojones


    cigs up 50cent. i was hoping it would be more.


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    sceptre
    Registered Users Posts: 19,608 ✭✭✭✭sceptre


    No change in petrol prices (3c on diesel)

    Surprising if you're me.


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    Mr E
    Registered Users Posts: 55,508 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    Full transcript now available.

    http://www.rte.ie/budget/speech.html

    - Dave.


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    hussey
    Registered Users Posts: 6,240 ✭✭✭hussey


    Alco pops gone up

    but I still reckon pubs jack up there prices on a pint


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    Kali
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,601 ✭✭✭Kali


    Great, my laser atm card now costs me €20 a year.
    Glad to see petrol got away unscathed though.


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    DiscoStu
    Registered Users Posts: 2,277 ✭✭✭DiscoStu


    Student Housing Tax Incentive gone to. Well done charlie screw people without any money. Although that might please some people around here.


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    Thanx 4 The Fish
    Registered Users Posts: 15,399 Mod ✭✭✭✭Thanx 4 The Fish


    Increases money in for /meh =
    €10 a month on wages with increased tax credits.
    €8 a month on the young fella.
    €40 a month relief for the next seven years for first time buyers.

    Decreases money in for /meh =
    €40 for pass cards etc for the year. (Thank god ripped up me credit cards)
    1% On all services etc = approx €200 a year (on my current spend)

    Looks like I am up a few quid

    www.budget.gov.ie has all the information you need.

    Does that 35c on alcopop thing cover pints of Smirnoff ice ??


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    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,978 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    As I suspected - a damp squip. Still having wound us all up to expect hellfire and damnation many will feel slightly relieved which was the intention of course. Still that said VAT up on the lower rate is not clever for inflation, my plastic friends will cost me another
    €30 a year, then theres that holliday home overlooking Galway bay
    I was going build...ah well! ;)

    Mike.


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