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To: Finance Minister John O'Dowd
Tax wealth to fund public services
Raise money from wealth, high-value property and big business to fund public services.
Why is this important?
Every time people call for better public services, we hear the same answer from Stormont: there’s no money.
No money to cut waiting lists. No money to improve schools. No money to fix broken infrastructure. No money to properly invest in the services people rely on every day.
Stormont may not control every tax lever, but it does have real power over rates and reliefs. That means it can make choices about who is asked to contribute more, and who gets protected.
We call on Finance Minister John O'Dowd to implement the following measures:
Stormont may not control every tax lever, but it does have real power over rates and reliefs. That means it can make choices about who is asked to contribute more, and who gets protected.
We call on Finance Minister John O'Dowd to implement the following measures:
- Scrap the cap on rates for the most expensive homes
- End the rates discount for big industrial companies
- Make multinational companies pay more in rates
- Windfall tax on major polluters and high-profit companies