The IMF says our tax system is hurting the middle class.
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It claims the income tax structure is creating welfare traps and putting off highly skilled foreign workers from coming here.
The international fiscal body has provided its analysis as part of its on-going monitoring of Ireland post-bailout and has issued a warning about our so-called 'squeezed middle'.
Dr. Niamh Hourigan is a Sociologist based out of University College Cork; she says our tax laws are also adversely affecting women in the workplace

