# 0268 - Why Ireland? with Anna Scally

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Published: 2025-12-09T13:26:46+00:00
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## Resource

Our guest for this session is Anna Scally - Partner and Head of Technology Media & Telecoms, KPMG in Ireland and EMA KPMG in Ireland. This is the third of 3 seminars organised by John Mooney as part of the Pepperdine Graziadio Business School MBA programme in collaboration with UCD’s MSc Digital Innovation programme. Anna gave a masterclass intro to corporate taxation in Ireland and its relationship with global trade (focus on technology companies). Yes, we need to talk about Trade, Tariffs, and Taxes, but the answers revolve around Technology, Connection, Trust, and People. Notes: Anna’s profile pages on KPMG.com ( link ) and LinkedIn ( link ) For more about the KPMG Global Tech Innovation competition 2025 ( link ) Washington National Tax (WNT); the KPMG think tank and technical core of KPMG’s U.S. tax practice. ( link ) Anna sits on the Advisory Board of Scale Ireland -  https://www.scaleireland.com  - Scale Ireland is Ireland’s leading independent not-for-profit, representative organisation for Irish tech start-up and scaling companies. IDA Ireland (the Ireland Development Authority) -  http://idaireland.com  - (Irish: An Ghníomhaireacht Forbartha Tionscail) is the agency responsible for the attraction and retention of inward foreign direct investment (FDI) into Ireland. Enterprise Ireland -  https://www.enterprise-ireland.com/en/  - EI invests in and supports the development of Irish-owned companies “on their journey to achieving greater scale and to become global leaders in their field.”   Revenue - Irish Tax and Customs –  https://www.revenue.ie/  - The Tax Relief Scheme for Capital Expenditure on Intangible Assets (S. 291A) – ( link ) WTO landing page for learning about Tariffs –( link )  Acknowledgement…

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