The Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohoe TD, confirmed in the Dáil on Tuesday, 28 September, that no further extension to the income tax pay and file deadline is envisaged. He furthered that Revenue will take a pragmatic approach where taxpayers or agents are experiencing difficulty in meeting the deadline due to COVID-19.
In a response to parliamentary questions in the Dáil last week the Minister stated:
“The filing date for self-assessed taxpayers who file their 2020 return (Form 11) and pay any liabilities due through ROS, including preliminary tax for 2021, has already been extended from 31 October 2021 to 17 November 2021 and no further extension is envisaged.
“However, Revenue has assured me that it will take a pragmatic approach to any taxpayer or tax agent that experiences exceptional difficulties in meeting the filing deadline because of COVID-19, for example, where an unavoidable absence of key personnel or an office closure due to the pandemic occurs. In such circumstances, the taxpayer or tax agent should contact Revenue as quickly as possible, via the MyEnquiries service, setting out the exceptional difficulties being encountered so that an alternative arrangement can be agreed and put in place.”
Revenue previously provided confirmations to Chartered Accountants Ireland for accountants under extreme tax deadline pressure.
LOADING...