Today (10/12/2020), Revenue announced an extension of the 2019 Pay and File deadline until 6pm Friday, 11 December 2020.
Yesterday, Revenue processed almost 30,000 Form 11 returns for 2019 and over 14,000 returns have been filed via ROS so far today. The total number of 2019 income tax returns filed to date is now in excess of 500,000.
Revenue acknowledges the on-going efforts by taxpayers and agents who are working towards a deadline of midnight tonight. Having regard to those efforts and the associated pressures of meeting the deadline, Revenue has announced a further extension until 6pm tomorrow, 11 December 2020.