During the ITI Annual Dinner in February 2023, the Minister for Finance, Michael McGrath T.D. announced the introduction of a dedicated Business Tax Stakeholder Forum (BTSF), noting the Forum will supplement existing forms of consultation and stakeholder engagement and will provide a dedicated forum for practitioners to engage on business tax policy issues at a technical level in a structured and regular way.

The Forum seeks to address a commitment made in Ireland's Corporation Tax Roadmap January 2021 Update, to develop a new framework for domestic stakeholder engagement to provide an opportunity for key business tax stakeholders to engage with officials of the Department of Finance on direct business tax matters within the existing policy-making calendar. It is not a decision making body and is intended to complement the existing engagement arrangements the Department of Finance has with business stakeholders.

The Forum is limited in scope to direct business taxation and consultative in nature with a focus on knowledge and information sharing, including reflecting on tax developments in the EU and internationally; and issues relating to domestic corporation tax legislation. The Institute is an active participant at the BTSF. Minutes from the meetings of the BTSF Forum and other helpful links are included below.