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 by the Tax Strategy Group. These papers were made available on the Department s website in March 1999. On the same basis, the TSG papers prepared in advance of the 2000 Budget on 1 December 1999 and released under the Freedom of Information Act will be made available over the coming weeks.
Any paper described in orange lettering is available now.
The material which is not being made available deals with, for example, certain loopholes which it is hoped to close in future legislation and policy measures still under consideration. Where a paper has been edited, the text has been overwritten to indicate the extent of the text which has been removed. The Freedom of Information Act provides for this editorial process. Click on any of the links below to see the text of the paper.