thejournal.ie - THE FINANCE BILL 2012 was published yesterday by Minister for Finance Michael Noonan and among the Mortgage Interest Relief measures and tax changes for businesses, the Bill also clarified the following (more unusual) elements of Irish taxation:
...3. Islamic Finance
The Finance Bill also includes enhancements to the tax regime for Islamic finance.
This area of finance in Ireland, which although faith-based is not limited to Muslims, was introduced in the Finance Act 2010, and refers to financial transactions which are consistent with the principles of Islamic or Sharia law. (source)
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Under Islamic finance, the payment and receipt of interest is forbidden. Speculation is also prohibited, while investment in unethical businesses, products or services is also banned. According to the Revenue Commissioners, under Islamic finance, transactions are typically backed by or based on an identifiable and tangible underlying asset.
The transactions also involve sharing risk between the investor and the investee, and products under Islamic finance operate along the same lines as conventional financial products by using familiar legal structures in an alternative way to achieve the financing objectives.
The Finance Bill published yesterday proposes technical changes to certain Islamic financial transactions in the same way as conventional financial transactions by allowing such a company to have other income in addition to income from leasing and/or income from specified financial transactions.
Source : http://www.thejournal.ie/the-stranger-bits-of-finance-bill-2012-from-cricket-to-islamic-finance-350064-Feb2012/ - Feb 9, 2012
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