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Increase in VRT on Category C Vehicles – 1 May 2011

Vehicle Registration Tax is chargeable on the registration of motor vehicles (including motor-cycles) in the State. All motor vehicles in the State, other than those brought in temporarily by visitors,..

Taxation of Retirement Lump Sums

26 April 2011 Taxation of Retirement Lump Sums – New form where income tax is deducted under Case IV at the standard rate. Section 19 (4)(b) Finance Act 2011 inserted..

E Registration

New Services The eRegistration facility provided by Revenue now includes the following new services: Re-Registration for Income Tax, Corporation Tax, Employers PAYE/PRSI and eLevy by both agents and registered ROS..

Minister for finances statement on banking matters

Tuesday, 30th September, 2008 will go down in history as the blackest day in Ireland since the Civil War broke out. The 30th September 2008 was the day on which..

Bank of Ireland charges ‘unfair’

Bank of Ireland is introducing new charges for most current account holders today. To qualify for free banking, account holders will have to deposit €3,000 per quarter and make at..

Pre-population of 2010 ROS Form 11

A facility to pre-populate the 2010 Form 11 with data from the 2009 Form was included in a Revenue On-Line Service (ROS) release on the 25 March 2011. This facility..

Tax exemption for New Start-up Companies

1. Introduction Tax Briefing Issue 06/10, issued in June 2010, highlighted the availability of relief from corporation tax for new start-up companies under the provisions of section 486C of the..

ARTS GRANTS AND BURSARIES SCHEME 2011

Closing Date: 1.00 pm Friday, 15 April, 2011 Sligo Arts Service calls for imaginative and innovative proposals under the following schemes: Arts Act Grants: For activities taking place July 2011..

Stamp Duty on Transfers of Property by Housing Authorities / The Affordable Home Partnership

Paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the Stamp Duty (E-stamping of Instruments) Regulations 2009 (S.I. No. 476 of 2009) lists instruments that do not have to be stamped using the..

Kenny rejects rate cut over corporation tax threat

Ireland was offered a 1 per cent cut in the interest rate it pays the European bail-out fund but Taoiseach Enda Kenny turned it down because EU heads of government..

Deposit Interest Retention Tax (DIRT) – Commencement Orders and New Pay & File Arrangements

Deposit Interest Retention Tax (DIRT) – Commencement Orders and New Pay & File Arrangements On 8 March the Minister of Finance signed a Commencement Order bringing into operation the provisions..

Finance Bill – Second Stage

Finance Bill 2011 Minister for Finance Second Stage Speech 25th January 2011 I move that this Bill be read a second time. Opening Remarks First, I want to thank the..