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Ireland is very pro entrepreneurship. It's easy to set up a new company, the overhead is minimal and there are lots of financial and other supports available f

Ireland is very pro entrepreneurship. It's easy to set up a new company, the overhead is minimal and there are lots of financial and other supports available from government agencies like Enterprise Ireland: http://www.enterprise-ireland.com/en/ http://www.enterprise-ireland.com/en/ We have a very low corporate tax rate and the government recently introduced R&D tax credits to encourage innovation: http://www.bdolimerick.ie/department.php?pg=/Research%20and%20Development%20Tax%20Credits.php http://www.bdolimerick.ie/department.php?pg=/Research%20and%... Not to mention a very strong academic community, plenty of funding available for academic collaboration and the presence of a huge number of prominent US tech companies including Google, Facebook, Twitter, eBay, PayPal... http://thenextweb.com/insider/2011/11/26/what-attracts-big-tech-companies-to-ireland-hint-its-not-just-low-taxes/ http://thenextweb.com/insider/2011/11/26/what-attracts-big-t...

nirvana 15y ago
What is the visa situation like in Ireland? How about the personal tax burden and regulatory burden? (We spent 6 months in the UK and were just constantly hounded by random bodies that believed we owed them taxes, for instance a tax on televisions (we didn't have one.))
doodyhead 15y ago
(in reply to nirvana) The Irish startup visa program has recently been amended to make it easier to qualify: http://founderware.co/ireland/ireland-launches-startup-visa-program/ http://founderware.co/ireland/ireland-launches-startup-visa-... You now only need to invest €70k ($91k USD) to be granted residency. This is down from the old requirement of €300k. Taxes here are quite reasonable. Corporations are charged 3.1x less tax here: http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/03/us_companies_pay_the_highest_t.html http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/03/us_companies_pay_the_... On average, UK taxes are generally higher: http://www.nationmaster.com/compare/Ireland/United-Kingdom/Taxation http://www.nationmaster.com/compare/Ireland/United-Kingdom/T... And it compares favorably with the US as well: http://www.nationmaster.com/compare/Ireland/United-States/Taxation http://www.nationmaster.com/compare/Ireland/United-States/Ta...

nirvana 15y ago

What is the visa situation like in Ireland? How about the personal tax burden and regulatory burden? (We spent 6 months in the UK and were just constantly hounded by random bodies that believed we owed them taxes, for instance a tax on televisions (we didn't have one.))

doodyhead 15y ago

(in reply to nirvana) The Irish startup visa program has recently been amended to make it easier to qualify: http://founderware.co/ireland/ireland-launches-startup-visa-program/ http://founderware.co/ireland/ireland-launches-startup-visa-... You now only need to invest €70k ($91k USD) to be granted residency. This is down from the old requirement of €300k. Taxes here are quite reasonable. Corporations are charged 3.1x less tax here: http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/03/us_companies_pay_the_highest_t.html http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/03/us_companies_pay_the_... On average, UK taxes are generally higher: http://www.nationmaster.com/compare/Ireland/United-Kingdom/Taxation http://www.nationmaster.com/compare/Ireland/United-Kingdom/T... And it compares favorably with the US as well: http://www.nationmaster.com/compare/Ireland/United-States/Taxation http://www.nationmaster.com/compare/Ireland/United-States/Ta...