Key Point
A self-employed single person on an income of €15,000 pays almost 6 times as much tax and PRSI as an employee on the same income.
€2,349 on an income of €15k is a lot to have to pay and leaves the self-employed person with very little to live on.A single self-employed person pays €2,349 on an income of €15,000 i.e. 16% of their income. That is too low. As is the 2.6% paid by the single employed person.
It is fact, therefore reporting it is hardly "sensationalist".
It is a fact quoted completely in isolation from the other facts, so it is sensationalist.
The issue is not that self-employed pay more than the employed. The big issue is that the employed pay so little tax. This is what they should be highlighting.
Key Point
A self-employed single person on an income of €15,000 pays almost 6 times as much tax and PRSI as an employee on the same income.
The Key Point is that employed on low income pay too little tax.
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