Revenue eBrief No. 061/21 – Charitable Donations Scheme

Revenue eBrief No. 061/21 24 March 2021 Charitable Donations Scheme Tax and Duty Manual Part 36-00-17 – Charitable Donations Scheme – has been updated. Paragraph 3 of Part 3, Schedule 26A Taxes Consolidation Act was amended by Finance Act 2020. The amendment allows an “approved body” to retain its authorisation to operate the CDS without having to serve the […]

Revenue seize drugs and cigarettes worth €136,000 in Dublin, Athlone and Rosslare

Revenue seize drugs and cigarettes worth €136,000 in Dublin, Athlone and Rosslare Yesterday (22/03/2021), Revenue officers at Dublin Mail Centre seized almost 4kgs of various types of illegal drugs including herbal cannabis, cannabis oil, cannabis edibles, cocaine and butane honey oil. The illegal drugs have a combined estimated value of almost €77,500 and were discovered […]

Revenue eBrief No. 059/21 – VAT & Employees' Pension Fund

Revenue eBrief No. 059/21 23 March 2021 VAT & Employees’ Pension Fund Tax and Duty Manual VAT & Employees’ Pension Fund has been updated to provide further clarification on the circumstances where an employer can claim deductibility for costs incurred in relation to an employee pension fund.

Revenue eBrief No. 060/21 – Section 1001 Fixed Charge on Book Debts

Revenue eBrief No. 060/21 23 March 2021 Section 1001 Fixed Charge on Book Debts Tax and Duty Manual Section 1001 – Fixed Charge on Book Debts has been updated to reflect that Section 1001 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 was amended in Finance Act 2020 with the provisions of the section being reordered. The reordered legislation is included in Appendix 1 […]

Revenue eBrief No. 058/21 – Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme (TWSS) Reconciliation

Revenue eBrief No. 058/21 22 March 2021 Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme (TWSS) Reconciliation TWSS operated from 26 March to 31 August 2020. The scheme provided a vital support to 66,500 employers in respect of 664,000 employees, during the first months of the COVID-19 restrictions. Reconciliation is the final phase in the TWSS programme. It will […]

Revenue update on TWSS reconciliation process

Revenue update on TWSS reconciliation process Revenue advises that Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme (TWSS) reconciliation balances are now available for employers to review in Revenue’s Online Service (ROS). Provisional statistics from Revenue provide key insights into the TWSS reconciliation position for employers who availed of the scheme. Overall summary: 66,500 employers availed of TWSS support […]

Revenue seize counterfeit wine worth €302,000 in Cork

Revenue seize counterfeit wine worth €302,000 in Cork On Tuesday (16/03/2021), as a result of routine profiling, Revenue officers seized 24,750 litres of counterfeit wine at the Tivoli Container Terminal in Cork following the search of an unaccompanied container that had originated from the Netherlands. The counterfeit alcohol has an estimated retail value of almost […]

Revenue seize drugs and cigarettes in Dublin and Rosslare

Revenue seize drugs and cigarettes in Dublin and Rosslare Today (16/03/2021), Revenue officers at Dublin Mail Centre seized over 3kg of Herbal Cannabis, 70 tablets of Zopiclone, 60 tablets of Diazepam, 60 tablets of Benzodiazepine and 3g of Butane Honey Oil. The seizures were made with the assistance of Revenue detector dog Bailey. The illegal […]