Corporate tax boom to hand Ireland bigger budget surplus

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland expects to run a better-than-expected budget surplus of 0.4% of gross domestic product this year following another surge in corporate tax receipts, Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe said on Tuesday.Corporate tax receipts have more than doubled since 2012, mainly boosted by Ireland's large cluster of multinational firms, and last year hit a record high of 10.4 billion euros. Until recently, Donohoe's department expected them to decline in 2019. Instead, they have almost..