The Tax Strategy Group is an interdepartmental committee chaired by the Department
of Finance, with membership comprising senior officials and advisors from the
Departments of Finance, Taoiseach, Enterprise Trade and Employment, Social Community
and Family Affairs and the Revenue Commissioners. Papers on various options
for the Budget and for the medium and longer term are prepared for the Tax Strategy
Group.
Its terms of reference are as follows:
• To examine and develop proposals for measures in the areas of taxation,
PRSI and levies, for Budget and Finance Bill within agreed Government parameters
for the overall Budget position and in the context of the framework of a medium
term and longer term strategy set out in the Government's programme, and
• To examine the strategic approach for a general social welfare package
and to assess the interaction of income tax/PRSI/levies proposals with social
welfare proposals including child income support, and in particular the impact
of this interaction on the labour market and income distribution.
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