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Register Today for our Summer 2025 Courses
The Institute’s summer 2025 online courses – Chartered Tax Adviser (CTA) and Tax Technician – are still open for registration. Tax technical knowledge that a professional tax qualification provides is highly sought after. On our programmes, 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. Chartered Tax Adviser (CTA) […]
Applications for the Third-Level Scholarship are Open
The Irish Tax Institute’s Third-Level Scholarship is open for applicants until 14 April 2025. The Scholarship is for Leaving Cert students interested in tax advisory as a career and need financial support to progress through college. It offers the successful applicant: financial assistance of €5,000 per academic year for third-level living expenses and costs, a place on the Chartered Tax Adviser (CTA) programme after their degree, mentoring and support from the Irish […]
Ireland must ‘prepare for the worst’ in current uncertain geo-political environment
The President of the Irish Tax Institute says that Ireland must “prepare for the worst” as the threat of a global tax and trade war increases following the election of Donald Trump as US president. Speaking at the Institute’s Annual Dinner on Friday 28 February, Aoife Lavan said that any hope that the OECD’s global tax agreement would bring stability to international tax rules was dashed when US President Trump […]
Conferring Ceremony 2024
On the last Thursday of November, O’Reilly Hall hosted one of the most anticipated nights in the Institute’s calendar, the Conferring Ceremony. Flashes were seen across the hall with cameras and smiles out as we welcomed 271 newly qualified CTAs and Tax Technicians to membership. Marking the occasion, Aoife Lavan, Institute President, congratulated the conferees on their achievement and shared pearls of wisdom for them to remember throughout their careers. […]
Irish Tax Institute outlines proposed tax strategy for next Government
The Irish Tax Institute has today (31 October 2024) published its proposed ‘Tax Strategy for the Next Government’. This wide-ranging document sets out tax policies for the consideration of the next Government that the Institute believes will foster an innovative and productive domestic business sector while ensuring Ireland remains well placed to attract the next wave of FDI. Among the recommendations are: Reduce the marginal personal tax rate to 50%, […]
Tax Talk EP 19: Budget 2025 and Finance Bill 2024
As Finance Bill 2024 makes its way through the Oireachtas, we assess its impact along with Budget 2025 on individuals, businesses and the economy. Joining Tax Talk host, Donal O’Donovan, are: Laura Lynch, Partner with L&J Tax and a Council member of the Irish Tax Institute; Alison McHugh, Tax Partner and Head of Private Client Services with EY Ireland; and economist Austin Hughes. Listen to the insightful episode on your […]