Who pays more income tax, workers in Republic or in North?

The higher rate of tax in the Republic applies to all gross taxable income above €36,800. Photograph: Franck Prevel/AP

In tax and benefits terms, it has long been assumed that it is better to work in Northern Ireland but to receive unemployment benefit or a State pension in the Republic, but this Study finds that all income groups except the top 30 per cent of earners would end up paying less tax in the Republic’s system, effectively debunking the notion that most workers would be better off  working north of the Border.

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