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Figures just released show that the government is ahead of target for its ‘tax take’ up to the end of May. It pulled in €14.4bn which was 2.8 per cent higher than forecast.

One interesting piece of news was that May showed a budget surplus of €603 million bringing this years overall budget deficit to €6.53bn.

This resulted in the cost of servicing the national debt falling by €111 million to just under €4bn.

However before we all get to excited, this is still €1.95bn higher than at the same time last year.

Three of the four big taxes were all ahead of budget at the end of May. In particular:

• Income Tax up by 3.1 per cent
• Corporation Tax by 17.8 per cent, although this is due to a change in how it is calculated.

The current budget deficit of €6.53bn compares to €10,23bn for the same period last year. However the reason for this is largely due to savings made on the Anglo-Promissory note which accounts for €3.5bn of this difference.

Overall the Governments tax take up to the end of May is €386 million ahead of target.

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SOCIALISM

You have two cows.

You give one to your neighbour.

COMMUNISM

You have two cows.

The State takes both and gives you some milk.

FASCISM

You have two cows.

The State takes both and sells you some milk.

NAZISM

You have two cows.

The State takes both and shoots you.

BUREAUCRATISM

You have two cows.

The State takes both, shoots one, milks the other, and then throws the milk away.

TRADITIONAL CAPITALISM

You have two cows.

You sell one and buy a bull.

Your herd multiplies, and the economy grows.

You sell them and retire on the income.

SURREALISM

You have two giraffes.

The government requires you to take harmonica lessons

AN AMERICAN CORPORATION

You have two cows.

You sell one, and force the other to produce the milk of four cows.

Later, you hire a consultant to analyse why the cow has dropped dead.

VENTURE CAPITALISM - AN ICELANDIC CORPORATION

You have two cows.

You sell three of them to your publicly listed company, using letters of credit opened by your brother-in-law at the bank, then execute a debt/equity swap with an associated general offer so that you get all four cows back, with a tax exemption for five cows.

The milk rights of the six cows are transferred via an intermediary to a Cayman Island Company secretly owned by the majority shareholder who sells the rights to all seven cows back to your listed company. The annual report says the company owns eight cows, with an option on one more. You sell one cow to buy a new President of the United States, leaving you with nine cows.

No balance sheet provided with the release. The public then buys your bull.

A FRENCH CORPORATION.

You have two cows.

You go on strike, organise a riot and block the roads, because you want three cows.

A JAPANESE CORPORATION

You have two cows.

You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk. You then create a clever cow cartoon image called 'Cowkimon' and market it worldwide.

A GERMAN CORPORATION

You have two cows.

You re-engineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month, and milk themselves.

AN ITALIAN CORPORATION

You have two cows, but you don't know where they are.

You decide to have lunch.

A RUSSIAN CORPORATION

You have two cows.

You count them and learn you have five cows.

You count them again and learn you have 42 cows.

You count them again and learn you have 2 cows.

You stop counting cows and open another bottle of vodka.

A SWISS CORPORATION

You have 5000 cows. None of them belong to you.

You charge the owners for storing them.

A CHINESE CORPORATION

You have two cows.

You have 300 people milking them.

You claim that you have full employment, and high bovine productivity.

You arrest the newsman who reported the real situation.

AN INDIAN CORPORATION

You have two cows.

You worship them.

A BRITISH CORPORATION

You have two cows.

Both are mad.

AN IRAQI CORPORATION

Everyone thinks you have lots of cows.

You tell them that you have none.

No-one believes you, so they bomb you and invade your country.

You still have no cows, but at least now you are part of Democracy.

AN AUSTRALIAN CORPORATION

You have two cows.

Business seems pretty good.

You close the office and go for a few beers to celebrate.

A NEW ZEALAND CORPORATION

You have two cows.

The one on the left looks very attractive

Therese Caherty (*this originated in Australia)

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It appears that the Greek ‘contagion’ effect is beginning to prove a fact as both Dublin and Madrid feel the fall-out of the stalemate being played out in Greek politics.

Mr_noonanIrelands Finance Minister Michael Noonan said this week that a long promised return to the bond market could be jeopardised by events in Greece.Mariano Rayoy, Spains Prime Minister also warned that his country faced being frozen out of the markets as his country paid nearly 50 per cent more to borrow in an auction of €2.5bn of bonds this week.

They carried an average yield of 4.375 per cent, compared to the last auction in April where the average was just 2.89 per cent.

Mr. Noonan’s remarks are in stark contrast to his recent comments a few months ago that Ireland would be able to return to the markets and avoid another bailout.

His other ‘about turn’ was on growth forcasts.Only two months ago he said that Ireland’s economy could take off ‘like a rocket’ next year.

Well the Irish Central Statistics Office had other news for him! It confirmed that the trade surplus fell sharply for the second month in a row from €3.6 billion the previous month down to €3 billion in March.

Simply put, imports are rising quicker than exports and are a serious sign that the eurozone crisis is taking its toll on the Irish economy.

Considering that exports were the only real growth sector of the Irish economy this has to be worrying news for the Irish government.

With so much uncertainly in Europe now who’s next to feel the Greek ‘contagion’ flu?

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The dilemma for many people to-day is that without work experience for new entrants to the labour market or unemployed workers wishing to learn new skills, it’s virtually impossible to get a job.

One of the goals of the National Internship Scheme is to assist in breaking this cycle.

The scheme which is open to persons who have been on the dole for three months or more has already 5000 places available and Joan Burton, Social Protection Minister has now announced these further places as well as saying that lone parents could also now apply. This will bring the total places available in the scheme to 6000.

The announcement that lone parents were now eligible comes just one month after Burton introduced legislation to cut off the lone parents allowance once a child reaches the age of seven in 2014.Currently the age limit is 14.

To date more than 7,000 people have availed of the internships. Chairman of JobBridge Martin Murphy, managing director of HP Ireland commented that nearly 40 per cent of participants have so far secured full time employment as a result.

Each intern receives €50 per week on top of their standard social welfare payments while they are on the work experience programme.

Critics of JobBridge have said that it was just a way of providing cheap labour but Burton has responded by saying it had already helped a significant amount of people to get work placements. So far she said 797 people had got a job immediately after their internship with the company they worked with or another company and a further 2000 had secured employment at a later stage.

Murphy added that he had received very positive feedback about it from business people.

http://www.jobbridge.ie/

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Spring is in the air!

The guys here at DPNlive.com thought it might be a good idea to celebrate ‘springtime’ with a special offer.

Sign up for three months advertising

and get one month free!

We can offer you video, product slide shows, various banner ads, and news/promotion copy. You decide!

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All prices are + vat as appropriate.

We provide clients with many options to ‘Get Your Message Across’ online.

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*Where a graphic and link are changed during the duration of any contract these extra charges will apply.

Please note all graphics must be received in a format which allows DPNlive to upload without extra work involved.

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These ads appear separate to the front page ads and show only against a specific or particular article in defined sections. Each section belongs to a category. These categories are:

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The Irish economy continues to struggle but PayPal’s recent plan to create up to 1,000 jobs here has cemented our growing reputation as the European hub for US online firms, including Twitter and Facebook.

The online payment group already employs 1,500 people at its Blanchardstown Centre of Excellence in Dublin. The jobs just announced will be based in Dundalk near the border with Northern Ireland. PayPal set up its European headquarters here in 2003 investing €15m in that initial project.

Despite an unemployment rate of 12.4 per cent, February has seen a significant upsurge in job creation across the Republic with most new positions being in the financial services and high-tech sectors.

Most commentators stress that Ireland’s low corporation tax regime and educated workforce are behind this continued inward investment.

Louise Phelan, vice president, PayPal, said the company had considered other foreign locations but had opted to stay with Ireland.

All this is on top of other very positive news from companies such as HP which has just announced a further 280 new jobs; healthcare firm Abbot which is creating 175 jobs and MasterCard which has decided to locate its new global headquarters for its technology operations in Dublin with 130 new jobs over the next four years.

Barry O'Leary, chief executive, IDA (Ireland's Industrial Development Authority), said the PayPal investment was a “clear endorsement of Ireland’s attractiveness to multinational investors”.

The Taoiseach (prime minister), Enda Kenny, added his voice when he said: “It is a clear recognition of the opportunities that Ireland offers global leaders like PayPal.”

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