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Article: It's time to end the tax exemption for 'artists' and while he's at it, Brian Lenihan should dismantle that awful secret organisation set up by Charles Haughey called Aosdana.
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- Sunday Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland)
- Article date:
- September 27, 2009
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Artists should not escape tax free
It's time to scrap the tax exemption for well-heeled artists and to dismantle Aosdana while we are at it, writes Liam Collins
It's time to end the tax exemption for 'artists' and while he's at it, Brian Lenihan should dismantle that awful secret organisation set up by Charles Haughey called Aosdana.
Happily, I got the so-called exemption for two books that didn't deserve it -- but not for a third, that probably did but didn't meet the criteria.
The Revenue Commissioners cannot be blamed. They are only trying to administer a bit of obscure legislation which was drawn up to bolster the already inflated ...