The Irish, the biggest tax evaders ever

Since i moved to Ireland from Poland, it seems to me that everybody here has a job, but at the same time they claim benefits ie lie about having jobs in order to feck the system up. Is it unheard of that if most people claim benefits but still work without paying tax, no wonder Ireland is in the position it is in now.

And claim them both sides of the border.

The Irish, the biggest tax evaders ever

Notice any similarities ?

The economic growth is just not there for people to be hired cash in hand.
Although I'm aware of a few, mainly people in trades not subject to PAYE, working nixers this would be the case in all countries and to claim everyone is at it is beyond rediculous.

While having nearly half a million on the live register has crippled public finances Ireland's woes go far beyond this.

Yup a lot of people here live in the north but work in the South just so they remain on benefits, its fecked up.

Thats life D, its a lot harder in the UK for people to work on the side now...and the penalties are heavy if caught...about time too! Maybe if both sides co-operated it might make a difference to the system?

Irish people can work and still claim many benefits. This does not mean they are evading tax. Id say we are about the same as everyone else.

Our problems have FA to do with tax evasion.

A note to expats: This is why I never b*tch about Poland even though I live here. I dont know enough yet to make pronouncements. I hate it when foreigners make stupid statements like this about Ireland.

I second that.

Yup.


We are starting to see what erks us when it hits home.

What? Worse than the Greeks? If so they must be very very good at it.

Could you explain that rather illusive and not very clever statement?

dtaylor5632 and SeanBM are both Irish :)

celtic not irish. dt is a scotsman

This is true and it is here that the problem lies. The cost of living here is still too high. even with a minimum wage that is over and beyond that of the UK, many people here still get benefits to make ends meet.

You can work 3 days and claim 2 days dole....thats how it works here. Unemployment benefit is paid by the number of days your in work not whether you work or not.

I think the statement that alot of people here are benefit fraudsters is totally untrue and I applaud those who are satisfied to return to work even if it is for only 2 or 3 days a week. This assists in lifting the economic burden from the state.

Well lets say it is as untrue as any other country.

It is not more of less than in other European countries, in my opinion.

Now that would be a fair statement by democratic friend.

Wow, very interesting. It seems that tax evasion is prevalent in Western Europe. I talked to a few foreign guys and after a few shots of Polish vodka, they all admitted that they hide part of their profits from the state. One Dutchman tried to excuse himself by saying he prefers giving tax evaded money to his daughter who is studying than to the state.

Yea, 4 guys building an extension in my sisters house two weeks ago. They all had to leave on Wednesday for a hour to sign on and get their "full" dole.. And people claim that there's a huge black economy in Poland, Piotr trading a jar of honey with Rafal for a few heads of cabbage; How else could they afford a mortgage of 15 times their salary.

I'd love to know how people are getting these mortgages that you claim, given that we all know how strict the Polish lenders are.

They're not getting them (80% refusal)anymore! as the "cash" tap from the west is no longer on full power; hence stricter bank regulation.

telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/9533981/Eastern-Europe-must-curb-shadow-economy-to-weather-eurozone-crisis-says-World-Bank.html

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