TASC：2014年税收的辩护：通过减税减少公共服务的渐进式替代方案（英文版）

Reduce Ireland’s high level of tax reliefs. The system remains highly inequitable, benefitting higher earners and leading to a reduction in public spending. We recommend a cut to the tax break for health insurance premiums (€697.9 million in 2014) which can only benefit those who are in a position to afford health insurance in the first place, and reductions in the tax breaks given to private pensions, which cost the public finances €2,479 million in 2014. We demonstrate that the cost of tax