Revenue eBrief No.140/21 – PAYE Exclusion Orders

Revenue eBrief No. 140/21 16 July 2021 PAYE Exclusion Orders Tax and Duty Manual – Part 42-04-01 PAYE Exclusion Orders – has been updated as follows: Part 5.5 to provide clarity for bonuses paid where a PAYE Exclusion Order is in place Part 7.1 to remove the concessionary treatment for freelance actors Part 9 to update the […]

Revenue eBrief No.139/21 – Non-Routine Revenue Powers

Revenue eBrief No. 139/21 15 July 2021 Non-Routine Revenue Powers Sections 908A (Revenue offence: power to obtain information from financial institutions), 908C (Search warrants), 908D (Order to produce evidential material) and 908E (Order to produce documents or provide information) of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 provide Revenue officers, specifically authorised to do so by the […]

Revenue seize 10.5 million cigarettes at Dublin Port

Revenue seize 10.5 million cigarettes at Dublin Port Today (15/7/2021), as a result of routine profiling, Revenue officers at Dublin Port seized 10.5 million cigarettes with an estimated retail value of €7,350,000 representing a potential loss to the Exchequer of €5,754,000. The illegal cigarettes, branded ‘Blue River’ were discovered when Revenue Officers searched a container […]

Revenue eBrief No.138/21 – Tax and Duty Manual Part 33-03-04 – Filing Guidelines for DAC6 (EU Mandatory Disclosure of Reportable Cross-Border Arrangements)

Revenue eBrief No. 138/21 13 July 2021 Tax and Duty Manual Part 33-03-04 – Filing Guidelines for DAC6 (EU Mandatory Disclosure of Reportable Cross-Border Arrangements) Tax and Duty Manual Part 33-03-04 – Filing Guidelines for DAC6 (EU Mandatory Disclosure of Reportable Cross-Border Arrangements) – has been amended at Section 7.4 to include the XML Schema Version 1.2 […]

Revenue seize cannabis herb worth over €2 million in Dublin and Wexford

Revenue seize cannabis herb worth over €2 million in Dublin and Wexford Last Friday, 09/07/2021, as part of an intelligence led multi-agency operation conducted by Revenue’s Customs Service and Gardaí from the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB), over 71kg of herbal cannabis, with an estimated value of more than €1.4 million, was […]

Revenue eBrief No.137/21 – Filing and Paying Stamp Duty on Instruments

Revenue eBrief No. 137/21 12 July 2021 Filing and Paying Stamp Duty on Instruments Tax and Duty Manual  Filing and Paying Stamp Duty on Instruments has been updated as follows: Section 4 of Chapter 4 – Using ROS Offline – has been amended to reflect the introduction of Section 31E on 20 May 2021.

Revenue seize tobacco worth over €7.7 Million at Dublin Port

Revenue seize tobacco worth over €7.7 Million at Dublin Port Yesterday (6/7/2021), as a result of routine profiling and with the assistance of Revenue’s mobile X-ray scanner and detector dog Waffle, Revenue officers seized over 12.5 tonnes of ‘roll your own’ tobacco at Dublin Port. The consignment of smuggled tobacco branded ‘The Turner Original’, ‘EastEnders’, […]

Revenue eBrief No.13321 – Income tax return form 2020 – ROS Form 11

Revenue eBrief No. 133/21 06 July 2021 Income tax return form 2020 – ROS Form 11 The 2020 ROS Form 11 has been available since 1 January 2021 in both the online and offline ROS facilities. A new Tax and Duty Manual Part 38-01-04E highlights updates and changes to the 2020 form. The 2020 Form 11 reflects the […]