Taking Care Of Business with Ronan Berry
Oct 7, 2026 · 42 min · 10 segments
Budget 2027 is here — but what will it actually mean for businesses across the Midlands? Enda O’Toole of Milne O’Dwyer joins me for analysis of the key business and taxation measures. Irish Road…
Ronan BerryHostEnda O'TooleGuestRegina BushellGuest
Fergus SharkeyGuest
Ger HylandGuest
There was a lot of-- There's been a lot of talk actually in the last number of budgets around things like capital gains tax.
Particularly looking at things like entrepreneurial relief and to encourage people to invest in businesses.
Uh, they've reduced the CGT rate from 33% down to 31%, but that won't make any difference to entrepreneurial relief because that's a 10% special capital gains tax, uh, rate, uh, that if you qualify for, you get.
Um, but it will, um, decrease the amount of CGT due on sale of property, shares, whatever.
Uh, so that's, that's going to be welcomed by some businesses, uh, depending on, you know, the type of business, et cetera.
Also, in terms of succession and passing on businesses from one to the o- from one generation to the next.
The other thing there that we can talk about with that as well is the capital acquisitions tax bands have been increased-
So, uh, f- it's gone up to 420,000 for category A. Um, then B has gone up to 44, and the group C threshold has gone up to 22 from 20, but the stranger in blood threshold is the smallest one.
Will, will that encourage people to look at building businesses and to subsequently sell them? Is it, is it much of a move really?
Not really b- because, like, you, you'd be looking at the entrepreneurial relief for that, uh, or, you know, maybe a retirement relief, which there's another one there as well.
You'd still pay a, a, a lot of tax at 31% on your gain, um, you know, if, uh, in that respect.
There's been a lot of talk as well of supporting startup companies and particularly trying to help Irish companies push to become global leaders.
The Section f- is it 486C, corporation tax relief for startups, has been extended-
There was a lot of-- There's been a lot of talk actually in the last number of budgets around things like capital gains tax.
Particularly looking at things like entrepreneurial relief and to encourage people to invest in businesses.
Uh, they've reduced the CGT rate from 33% down to 31%, but that won't make any difference to entrepreneurial relief because that's a 10% special capital gains tax, uh, rate, uh, that if you qualify for, you get.
Um, but it will, um, decrease the amount of CGT due on sale of property, shares, whatever.
Uh, so that's, that's going to be welcomed by some businesses, uh, depending on, you know, the type of business, et cetera.
Also, in terms of succession and passing on businesses from one to the o- from one generation to the next.
The other thing there that we can talk about with that as well is the capital acquisitions tax bands have been increased-
So, uh, f- it's gone up to 420,000 for category A. Um, then B has gone up to 44, and the group C threshold has gone up to 22 from 20, but the stranger in blood threshold is the smallest one.
Will, will that encourage people to look at building businesses and to subsequently sell them? Is it, is it much of a move really?
Not really b- because, like, you, you'd be looking at the entrepreneurial relief for that, uh, or, you know, maybe a retirement relief, which there's another one there as well.
You'd still pay a, a, a lot of tax at 31% on your gain, um, you know, if, uh, in that respect.
There's been a lot of talk as well of supporting startup companies and particularly trying to help Irish companies push to become global leaders.
The Section f- is it 486C, corporation tax relief for startups, has been extended-
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