Irish Tax Institute warns new enhanced reporting requirements are too onerous for SMEs
The Irish Tax Institute has warned that Revenue’s new system of Enhanced Reporting Requirements (ERR) places a very significant administrative burden on businesses, particularly SMEs. The new system, introduced on 1 January, requires employers to report details of certain benefits and payments made to staff in real time which means on or before they are given to employees. One of the benefits impacted are gifts given to staff under the […]
Tax Talk EP 17: Diversity and Inclusion
Diversity and inclusion (D&I) are well established as critical metrics for businesses that seek to be socially and environmentally responsible. In the latest episode of Tax Talk , we discuss the importance of D&I in the tax profession and beyond. Joining our host, Donal O’Donovan of the Irish Independent, to share their personal experiences and insights are: Tom Reynolds, Institute President, who started his career when his sexual orientation was […]
Institute responds to Feedback Statement on a Participation Exemption for Foreign Dividends
In September 2023, the Minister for Finance, Michael McGrath T.D., committed to introducing a participation exemption for foreign dividends in Finance Bill 2024. With the introduction coming into effect from 1 January 2025, the Department of Finance has sought feedback on the matter. On 8 May, the Institute responded to the Department’s Feedback Statement and we identified a number of elements of the Strawman Proposal for a Participation Exemption we […]
Annual Conference 2024: Tax Challenges, Client Scenarios – Piecing it all Together
On Friday 19 April, Institute President, Tom Reynolds, extended a warm welcome to over 370 CTAs attending the Institute’s Annual Conference in Galway. There was a fantastic atmosphere in The Galmont Hotel over the two days with delegates connecting and reconnecting while absorbing first-class technical presentations. In his opening comments, the President spoke about the dynamic nature of tax, and noted how the pace and complexity of change in tax […]
Debt Warehousing Scheme – Get ready for 1 May 2024
On 5 February 2024, the Minister for Finance announced that the interest rate applying to tax debt in the Debt Warehousing Scheme, which was introduced in May 2020, is reduced to 0%. Revenue subsequently confirmed that it would adopt a flexible approach to payment of the debt, having regard to the circumstances of a business. To avail of the 0% interest rate, businesses need to engage Revenue by 1 May […]
Consider a Professional Tax Qualification for Summer 2024
The Institute’s Summer 2024 online professional tax qualification programmes – Chartered Tax Adviser (CTA) and Tax Technician – are open for registration. Tax affects all of us and the technical knowledge a professional tax qualification provides is highly sought after. You will acquire technical tax knowledge through a comprehensive library of recorded lectures, self-study materials, live online sessions delivered by expert lecturers and tax advisers, and a student discussion forum. […]