by Donna McCarra | Mar 25, 2020 | Irish Tax, Online Revenue Service, PAYE, ROS
Minister Katherine Zappone has announced measures to support the Childcare sector that will aim to ensure that the Childcare Sector is in a position to reopen after Covid-19; provide parents with a reassurance that they are not required to pay childcare fees during...
by Fiona Connolly | Mar 25, 2020 | Financial Control, Irish Tax, Online Revenue Service, PAYE, ROS, Tax
Changes within legislation and supports available are ever changing and evolving over the past few weeks due to Covid-19. Yesterday the Government announced new measures to provide financial support to Irish workers affected by the Covid-19 crisis. As part of these...
by Fiona Connolly | Mar 19, 2020 | Irish Tax, Online Revenue Service, ROS
Revenue has provided an option for employers to make the special support payment of €203 per week to their employees who have been temporarily laid off as a result of the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic through the normal payroll process. Amounts paid to employees...
by Donna McCarra | Aug 14, 2019 | Irish Tax, Online Revenue Service, ROS, Tax
What is it? Relevant Contracts Tax (RCT) is a withholding tax which the Revenue Commissioners requires Principals operating in the construction, forestry and meat-processing industries to withhold from a sub-contractor engaged in a contract to carry out works on their...
by Donna McCarra | May 15, 2019 | Irish Tax, Online Revenue Service, PAYE, ROS, Tax
Tax relief can be claimed on the cost of health expenses at your standard rate of tax of 20%. These can be your own health expenses, those of a family member or any individual’s, as long as you paid for them. What expenses qualify for tax relief? To qualify for...
by Donna McCarra | Dec 22, 2018 | Financial Control, Irish Tax, ROS, Tax
You may or may not have heard that the VAT treatment of certain vouchers is due to change from 1st January 2019. The current position is that VAT is chargeable when the voucher is redeemed for goods and services. Under the new rule vouchers are...