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Monday, July 02, 2012
The Professional Accountants in Business (PAIB) Committee of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) has issued new International Good Practice Guidance, "Evaluating and Improving Internal Control in Organizations", highlighting areas where the practical application of existing internal .....
Monday, July 02, 2012
The EU Council held a policy debate on the Danish Presidency’s paper which suggests that the way forward for a Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) is to introduce it on a step-by-step basis, and to exam alternative means of regulating or taxing the financial sector. The debate took place at the ECOFIN .....
Monday, July 02, 2012
The European Commission has published a communication setting out proposals to be considered by the European Council to reduce tax fraud and tax evasion. The Communication contains interesting statistics on the size of the shadow economy in the EU which estimates that Ireland has a shadow eco.....
Monday, July 02, 2012
Why invest valuable staff and partner time writing your own personal and corporation tax return checklists when you can have this pack for just €70? For full details see here. .....
Monday, July 02, 2012
This week’s profile is taken from our new Chartered Tax Consultant brochure for 2013. Find out why Shauna Igoe of the Escher Group has chosen the Chartered Tax qualification to enable her deal with day to day tax issues that arise in her role. For further information see here. .....
Monday, July 02, 2012
An updated form for the cancellation of tax registration is available on Revenue’s website. This form must be completed when a taxpayer wishes to cancel tax registration under one or a number of tax heads. For access to the form see here. .....
Monday, July 02, 2012
The deadline for payment of the NPPR charge for 2012 was 30th June. Late payment fees of €20 per month or part month come into effect from 1 July 2012. The 2012 NPPR charge is based on the ownership and status of the property on 31 March 2012 and the liability falls on the "owner", who essent.....
Monday, July 02, 2012
Revenue has updated the Tax and Duty Manuals to reflect the new Special Assignee Relief Programme (SARP) introduced in FA 2012. The new instruction reflects the insertion of section 825C TCA 1997 by Section 14 of Finance Act 2012. For further details on Revenue’s updated manual se.....
Monday, July 02, 2012
Stamp Taxes Bulletin 2/2012 has now been published under Technical Guidance. This edition features guidance on the changes to SDLT introduced by Budget 2012 including the 7% rate of SDLT for residential properties over £2 million, the higher rate charge for acquisitions of residential property by c.....
Monday, July 02, 2012
Last week HMRC published a new form IHT 38 Claim for relief - loss on sale of land. To qualify for relief the sale must have been made within four years of the date of death and a claim submitted four years from the end of that period. New form IHT38 is available here. .....