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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Board’s Review After several difficult years, the Irish economy is showing signs of recovery. In 2013, domestic demand contributed to growth for the first time since 2008, augmenting the on-going strong performance by the export sector. Signs from the labour market are encouraging, with employment estimated to have grown by 2.5% during the year. These […]
With the recent decision to hike up DIRT on deposits and exit tax gross savings and investment policies to 41% from 1 January 2014, more people will seek greater net investment returns. But beware… speculating is not investing and choosing funds and investments based on whatever is flavour of the day or is hotly tipped […]
Principal Private Residence Relief can be extended to a second residence in a individuals ownership for any period during which a dependent relative occupies the residence rent free. Therefore for the period that such a relative occupies a residence other than the individuals main residence, a capital gains tax (CGT) exemption can be claimed for […]
The Home Renovation Incentive provides for tax relief for homeowners by way of an income tax credit at 13.5% of qualifying contractors. Tax relief may be claimed on qualifying expenditure from €5,000 to a maximum spend of €30,000 inclusive of VAT. The income tax credit is payable over 2 years following the year in which […]
Where an individual who has been unemployed for 12 months and has been in receipt of inter alia jobseekers benefit, jobseekers allowance or a Single Parent Child Carer Credit that individual may be entitled to claim relief from income tax on the first two years of trading capped at a value of €40,000 per annum. […]
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Since November 2012, Revenue Corporation Tax and Income Tax filers have had the option to file financial statements in iXBRL format via ROS (Revenue On-line Service). iXBRL (inline eXtensible Business Reporting Language) is a language which allows financial information to be communicated and presented in a format that may be recognised and read by both […]
TIME IS RUNNING OUT! ‘Where land or buildings are acquired between 7 December 2011 and 31 December 2014, and held for at least 7 years, the chargeable gain will be reduced in the same proportion that 7 years bears to the period of ownership of the relevant asset. For example, if a building which has […]
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