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Automatic Exchange of Information

‘Automatic Exchange of Information (“AEOI”) is a relatively recent component of international cooperation in tax matters. Ireland fully supports the global move towards AEOI and is actively involved in progressing AEOI within the EU, the OECD, and on a bilateral basis.’ – Revenue.ie The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) In December 2012, Ireland concluded […]

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PAYE: Employer’s obligation to Register Employees

On 13th June 2014 the Revenue Office released a Tax Briefing with regard to new responsibilities for employers in relation to the PAYE system. Employers are now obligated by law to maintain and keep a Register of Employees and may at any time be requested to produce a hard or soft copy of the register. […]

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Taxman gets €9m in expenses crackdown

The Tax authority has been conducting a National Audit Project on those who work for one client and provide services through their own company, mainly contractors in the IT, Scientific, Technical and Administrative sectors. It is said that the claim of excessive expenses from professionals through a company has yielded €9.3m for the Revenue Commissioners […]

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FOREIGN EXCHANGE: Risk Management

The Irish economy generates foreign exchange (FX) flows of approximately €200 bn every year from the import and export of goods and services in addition to financial flows. Volatility in the FX markets is an ever present challenge to financial managers and business owners who are trying to minimise the impact that movements in FX […]

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FMB 12th place in Top 1000 Auditors

FMB Chartered Accountants has been ranked 12th place in the Irish Times Top 1000 Auditors list.  Compiled by the Irish Times journalists, Top 1000 Audit Watch offers a comprehensive market analysis including audit firm, audit fees and non-audit fees.  As their Audit Methodology states, Top 1000 Audit Watch is the first survey of its kind, […]

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iXBRL filing

Phasing in of mandatory iXBRL filing for corporation tax: a brief summary Since November 2012, those obliged to file corporation tax and income tax returns have had the option to file financial statements in iXBRL format via ROS (Revenue On-line Service). iXBRL (or inline eXtensible Business Reporting Language) is a language that allows financial information […]

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Revenue Publishes 2013 Annual Report

In their 2013 Annual Report, Revenue claim that the introduction of Local Property Tax (LPT) was a major administrative challenge for them during 2013. The end result was “exceptional” compliance rates were achieved in the first year of LPT according to Revenue. The annual report confirms that more taxpayers are using Revenue’s electronic services to […]

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