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 […]
Annual Conference 2024: Tax Challenges, Client Scenarios – Piecing it all Together
On Friday 19 April, Institute President, Tom Reynolds, extended a warm welcome to over 370 CTAs attending the Institute’s Annual Conference in Galway. There was a fantastic atmosphere in The Galmont Hotel over the two days with delegates connecting and reconnecting while absorbing first-class technical presentations. In his opening comments, the President spoke about the dynamic nature of tax, and noted how the pace and complexity of change in tax […]
Debt Warehousing Scheme – Get ready for 1 May 2024
On 5 February 2024, the Minister for Finance announced that the interest rate applying to tax debt in the Debt Warehousing Scheme, which was introduced in May 2020, is reduced to 0%. Revenue subsequently confirmed that it would adopt a flexible approach to payment of the debt, having regard to the circumstances of a business. To avail of the 0% interest rate, businesses need to engage Revenue by 1 May […]
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. […]
Networking – Develop a Power-Skill with Jean Evans, NetworkMe
We were delighted to welcome newly qualified CTAs and members of Junior Chambers International (Dublin) to the Institute yesterday evening for a Networking Skills session with Jean Evans, founder of NetworkMe. After chatting over crostinis and drinks, we all sat down to learn how we can improve our networking abilities. Jean spoke about the different strengths of introverts and extroverts, the tools we can take with us into every networking […]
Annual Dinner 2024
With the Wild Atlantic Way providing the perfect backdrop, we welcomed nearly 1,000 guests to the Annual Dinner 2024 at the Clayton Hotel, Burlington Road. Guests from our member firms, the Oireachtas, Government departments, Revenue, State bodies, academia and the media, joined us for one of the Institute’s flagship events of the year. Our Guest of Honour, Minister for Finance, Michael McGrath TD delivered a keynote address where he committed […]