Institute appears before the Oireachtas Budgetary Oversight Committee
Today, the Institute’s Communications Director, Olivia Buckley and Director of Tax Policy & Representations, Anne Gunnell appeared before the Oireachtas Budgetary Oversight Committee to outline the Institute’s tax policy recommendations for Budget 2019. The Institute highlighted Ireland’s high CGT rate, Revised Entrepreneur Relief limitations, the need for an effective EII scheme and a workable KEEP scheme, the outsourcing restrictions imposed on the R&D tax credit and the insufficient time to […]
Institute makes submissions on LPT, Agri-tax, EII and SURE, and the Pre-Finance Bill
The Institute recently responded to three important public consultations. Firstly, in our submission to the consultation by the Department of Finance on Review of Local Property Tax (LPT), we recommended that the valuation date, exemptions and reliefs under the LPT regime should be regularly reviewed to ensure that the property tax continues to provide a stable and sustainable yield in the medium and long-term and that LPT should be deductible […]
Institute publishes ‘Building Ireland’s Future – The Role of the Professions’
The Institute along with ten other professional bodies recently published a 76-page report titled Building Ireland’s Future – The Role of the Professions. The report features newly commissioned research from the professional bodies that demonstrates the very strong sentiment among multinational companies towards professional qualifications and standards. A survey of senior executives at 50 multinational companies in Ireland, undertaken by Behaviour & Attitudes from 26 April to 9 May 2018, […]
Institute research shows value of professional skills to multinational companies
Press release Multinationals says professional skills and expertise the single most important factor when choosing a professional service provider in Ireland 88% say professional qualifications are important in inspiring trust and confidence when recruiting staff in Ireland A survey of 50 multinational companies, carried out by Behaviour & Attitudes found overwhelming support for Ireland’s professional qualifications and standards. Professional skills and expertise emerged as the single most important factor for […]
Institute addresses Oireachtas Committee on taxing the digital economy
Yesterday, the Institute appeared in front of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach to discuss the European Commission’s proposals on taxing the digital economy. Communications Director, Olivia Buckley stated that the breadth and pace of digitalisation in the world is such that the world’s largest bodies including the IMF, the OECD, the EU and the World Economic Forum are dedicated to understanding its impact […]
“Your Take on Tax” Competition Winners 2018
The final round of “Your Take on Tax” 2018 was held on 4 April 2018 at the Institute’s office, and it was a closely conSaffed battle between the final teams – Team LCK, Team Canons, Team Intaxicated and Team Satrapy. The winning team was Team LCK – Caoimhe Ní Raghallaigh, Lewis Murphy and Kate Iarajuli, 2nd year BComm students in UCD. Well done to all who took part. The well deserved runners up were the […]