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Mon 04 Apr 2007SF drops plan to increase corporate tax rate to 17.5%Sinn Féin:  Sinn Féin clarified its position on corporate tax yesterday as national chairwoman Mary Lou McDonald said there was no proposal for a 17.5 per cent rate in the party's election manifesto.The principal reason advanced by Fianna Fáil for refusing to enter coalition with Sinn Féin has been their economic policies.