Member News
We keep our members directly informed with regular bulletins on the major issues in tax policy and administration and how the Institute engages with stakeholders and represents its members’ interests. This section provides highlights from these updates.
Meet the Members Tour 2018
Over 600 members attended our annual Meet the Members Tour in nine locations around Ireland this month. The Institute updated attendees on the latest developments on Revenue-related and tax policy matters, including the Tax Appeals Commission; PAYE Modernisation; the international tax policy agenda; and our ongoing engagement with the Department of Finance through submissions and consultations. We received feedback and questions on a range of issues including; PAYE modernisation, ROS, Revenue’s […]
Engagement on the tax treatment of professional subscriptions
The Institute has closely examined Revenue’s new Manual on the tax treatment of professional subscriptions. It appears to narrow the range of circumstances in which an employee’s professional membership subscription can be paid by their employer without deduction of PAYE, when compared to Revenue’s previous guidance (eBrief No. 19/2011). We have raised our concerns about what the Institute perceives to be a change in Revenue’s interpretation of the legislation at TALC and […]
Institute update on 2018 developments on PAYE modernisation
The new real-time PAYE regime will come into operation in 2019. In the video below, Cait Monagher, Tax Manager – Member Relations, and Mary Healy, Tax Manager – Representations, in the Institute discuss some of the key developments regarding PAYE Modernisation in 2018 in preparation for the new regime, including: The Finance Bill 2017 measures A change in the treatment of Illness Benefit Revenue’s correspondence with some employers about their […]