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Irish Tax Institute Reacts to Budget 2025
The Irish Tax Institute welcomes the personal tax changes announced by the Minister for Finance, Jack Chambers TD in today’s Budget. The increases to the main tax credits and the standard rate cut-off point as well as the 1% reduction in USC build on the progress made last year in reducing the burden on middle income earners and making Ireland a better place for workers and businesses alike. Reacting to […]
Aoife Lavan, President of the Irish Tax Institute
Aoife Lavan was inaugurated as the Institute’s 49th President at the AGM on 5 September. Aoife is a Private Client Tax and Pension Specialist with over two decades of experience in financial planning, pension management, and tax advisory services. She has recently set up her own pensions and retirement planning business, Black Oak Advisory which is based in Westport, Co Mayo. You can read her acceptance speech here. Before taking […]
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 […]
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. […]