How much Corporation Tax is paid in Ireland? This is a relatively easy question to answer. In 2013, €4,270m was collected in Corporation Tax receipts.

This was 11.3pc of overall Exchequer tax revenue and equivalent to 2.6pc of Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

The revenue generated by Corporation Tax in Ireland is in line with the EU average.

The answer that Ireland is in line with EU averages does not generate …

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