Irish here - I&#x27;m in favour of corporate tax rate transparency. Ireland&#x27;s stated rate is close to its effective rate. This in itself is useful and fair.<p>Before - everyone especially Britain, France and Germany have a go at Ireland please remember. Facebook, Amazon and Starbucks paid effectively 0% corporate tax rate in the UK (&lt;£5,000) - it was literally in the HN only two days ago and they aren&#x27;t exceptions. These countries have wildly different stated and effective rates and it&#x27;s not transparent at all. This makes such comparisons difficult and I suspect thats the end effect certain countries and businesses want.<p>A trailing and specific example to support my case. I recall Frances effective corporation tax rate is around 8.5%.