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ProFoxxxx t1_iy3d9f2 wrote

Artists also pay no income tax in Ireland

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fullload93 t1_iy3ktvx wrote

Up to 50k in income. It’s not unlimited. I’m sure there are artist who make more than this each year, thus they have to pay income tax.

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SGTBookWorm t1_iy5e4x6 wrote

makes sense. Gives aspiring artists a basic income so that they can actually afford to live while they make things, until they're able to support themselves

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detectivemario t1_iy3hviq wrote

Not sure how I feel about that...

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Finch2090 t1_iy3rjmd wrote

If it’s any consolation, it’s because the arts in Ireland have been dying a slow death for the past 20 years. No job opportunities or market for anyone who pursues arts and it began to show for awhile

For a country that’s so rich in Music, Literature and Poetry, it wasn’t far from its death a few years ago and it’s recently been a policy that artists will receive UBI and pay no taxes up to 50k

One of my friends studied literature and screenwriting and it was impossible for him to dedicate time to it because he couldn’t afford to live, now he actually has an opportunity to work on screenplays

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ProFoxxxx t1_iy3iown wrote

Wait til you find out about the amount of tax Apple etc avoid by using Ireland as a cost centre.

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w1n5t0nM1k3y t1_iy3dyuf wrote

Dies that apply to Subway "sandwich artists"? Who gets to decide who I and isn't an artist? I'm sure the government has defined this, but it just seems like it would be full of rich people not paying taxes because they are "artists".

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