Universal Social Charge

The USC - Universal Social Charge was introduced in January 2011 -  It was supposed to replace the Income Levy and the Health levy. Many lower paid workers would have previously been exempt from the Income Levy and ...
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See 2019 USC Charges Here The 2011 Budget in Ireland introduced a new tax on income called the Universal Social Charge (USC) which began in January 2011. This was the last Budget of the Fianna Fail/ Green coalition ...
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The USC and Income Tax cuts announced in Budget 2018 took effect from January 1st 2018 - But just how much will your Take Home Pay Increase in 2018 ? (See figures for 2019 Take Home Pay Here) ...
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Budget 2018 USC Reductions As expected there were some adjustments to the Universal Social Charge (USC) in Budget 2018 . These new reduced USC rates and bands apply from Jan 1st 2018 The 2.5% rate of USC will ...
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Decreased USC in 2017 The USC (Universal Social Charge) was cut  in Budget 2017– and one of the band limits has been raised slightly to keep minimum wage workers out of that band. (18668 increased to 18772) These ...
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The reductions to USC that were announced in Budget 2016 were heralded as a massive change prior to the Budget . We saw headlines in one paper saying that it would mean an extra €1000 in  workers take ...
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