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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 […]

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Determining Employment Status for Taxation Purposes

Businesses are responsible for ensuring the correct taxes are deducted from their employees’ pay and reported through the PAYE system. The landmark Supreme Court judgment, delivered in October 2023, in Revenue Commissioners v Karshan (Midlands) Ltd. t/a Domino’s Pizza has led to updates in Revenue Guidelines to reflect the five-step decision-making framework that must be used to determine whether a person is employed under a contract of service (employee) or […]

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