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Budget 2024 was announced on Tuesday 10 October 2023. Our team of experts have analysed, interpreted and prepared informed, reliable commentary on the impact of this year's Budget on business in Ireland.
Tax news budget 2024 special newsletter

Budget 2024 at a glance

The Minister for Finance Michael McGrath TD and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Paschal Donohoe TD delivered Budget 2024 against the backdrop of significant increases in inflation, rising interest rates, and continued pressure on the cost-of-living. Addressing capacity issues in every area of the economy remains a pressing issue for the Government and will remain a crucial factor for this and successive governments.

The key changes announced in Budget 2024 are:

  • Increases to personal tax credits and bands as well as reduction in USC
  • An increase and enhancement of the rental tax credit for eligible taxpayers
  • An increase in the rate of the R&D tax credit on qualifying expenditure
  • A targeted capital gains tax relief for angel investors
  • A commitment to introduce a participation exemption for foreign sourced dividends

Budget news

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Complexity and compliance - Budget 2024

A new Tax Advisor Liaison Committee (“TALC”) subgroup is to be established by Revenue in the coming weeks which will focus on identifying any opportunities “to simplify and modernise the administration of business supports”, an area the Institute has been lobbying for for many years. In the area of compliance, the Budget 2024 Tax Policy Changes publication confirms that Revenue will conduct a range of targeted compliance management activities in 2024. The Terms of Reference of the new TALC subgroup (which is a meeting of Revenue and representative bodies including the Institute under the auspices of CCAB-I) will be agreed at TALC with a report on the recommendations expected to be delivered during the course of 2024. In respect of the targeted compliance activities in 2024, it is expected that additional Exchequer receipts will arise from increased taxpayer compliance in the areas of eCommerce, payroll and expenses reporting and the cash/shadow economy. In addition, Revenue estimates that €180 million in refunds could potentially be due to taxpayers for 2022 alone. As a result, the Minister announced that an extensive public information campaign will be launched shortly by Revenue in order to raise awareness of the range of tax credits and reliefs available to PAYE taxpayers, in order to ensure people can avail of their full entitlements and receive any refunds that are due.  

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Agri-tax measures - Budget 2024

Recognising the continuing vital importance of farming across Ireland, a number of agricultural reliefs which were due to cease at the end of 2023 have been extended, including the scheme for accelerated capital allowances on farm safety equipment. The Minister also increased the maximum aggregate lifetime limit of a number of farm-related reliefs to the maximum allowable under the new EU Agricultural Block Exemption Regulation. The VAT flat rate for unregistered farmers is also being reduced. Consanguinity relief (stamp duty) This relief is being extended for a further five years to 31 December 2028. The relief reduces the rate of stamp duty applicable to intra-familial transfers of farmland from 7.5 percent to 1 percent. The Government also published “Review of Consanguinity Relief (2023)” which makes a number of recommendations in relation to the relief, including the five year extension which is to be implemented. Accelerated capital allowances on farm safety equipment This scheme, which provides for accelerated capital allowances of 50 percent per annum in respect of  eligible equipment, and which was due to end on 31 December 2023, is being extended for three years to 31 December 2026. The expenditure must be certified by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine. Once certified, the expenditure can be written off at a rate of 50 percent per annum over two years rather than at the normal rate of 12.5 percent over eight years. Reliefs for Young Trained Farmers and Succession Farm Partnerships Stock relief for young, trained farmers, relief for succession farm partnerships and young trained farmers stamp duty relief are all being amended to increase the aggregate lifetime amount of relief available to a person under these reliefs from €70,000 to €100,000 from 1 January 2024. Stock Relief (Registered Farm Partnerships) Stock relief for registered farm partnerships is being amended to increase the threshold from €15,000 to €20,000 in the case of qualifying periods commencing on or after 1 January 2024. Flat-rate VAT compensation percentage The Minister announced that the flat-rate compensation percentage of VAT for farmers will be reduced to 4.8 percent (a reduction of 0.2 percent) from 1 January 2024. This scheme compensates unregistered farmers on an overall basis for VAT incurred on their farming inputs. According to the Budget publications, the decrease is based on macro-economic data received for the period 2021-2023.

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Excise measures - Budget 2024

The main measures announced were the now usual annual Budgetary increases in excise duty for tobacco products, and an extension to the current excise reductions for fuel. There were no increases in alcohol duty. Fuel excise The Minister deferred the final tranche of the various fuel duty excise increases which will now take place in two equal instalments, with the first taking place on 1 April 2024. Therefore the temporary excise rate reductions which apply to diesel, petrol and marked gas oil, and which were due to expire on 31 October 2023, are being extended. 4 cents, 3 cents and 1.7 cents will be added to petrol, diesel and marked gas oil respectively on both 1 April 2024 and 1 August 2024. Tobacco excise Excise duty on tobacco products is being increased by 75 cents, inclusive of VAT, on a pack of 20 cigarettes in the most popular price category. Pro rata increases will apply to other tobacco products. According to the Budget 2024 Financial Resolutions, this change will take effect from midnight tonight. E-cigarettes and vaping   In the context of public health interests, delays to the revision of the EU’s Tobacco Products Tax Directive and the Government’s commitment to tax e-cigarettes and vaping products, the Minister is proposing to introduce a domestic tax on these products in next year’s Budget. According to the Minister, this will involve considerable preparatory work by both the Department for Finance and the Revenue Commissioners in drafting this legislation.

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Childcare and family measures - Budget 2024

Budget 2024 saw the announcement of a further €338 million to the core spending budget of the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. Included in the package is a planned increase to the National Childcare Scheme hourly subsidy from €1.40 to €2.14, effective from September 2024. Also included in this budget allocation is a €10.5 million commitment designed to improve pay and conditions for childcare workers, enhance sustainability for providers and maintain current fee freezes. Also included are measures to reduce the costs of both the school and further education cohort. Additional family related measures introduced in Budget 2024 include: funding to extend the Free School Books Scheme to all junior cycle pupils in recognised post-primary schools within the Free Education Scheme from September a €400 lump sum payment will be made to recipients of the Working Family Payment and an increase of the income threshold by €54 per week a €100 lump sum payment will be made to each child in receipt of the Qualified Child Increase an extension of the fee reduction on school transport services for a further year an extension of the fee waiver for students sitting state exams a once-off reduction of the student contribution fee by €1,000 for free fees’ students an extension of Parents Benefit to 9 weeks from August 2024 an extension of the Child Benefit payment to 18-year-olds in full time education

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Capital Taxes

The Minister announced changes to the rules for capital acquisitions tax for foster children and a new capital gains tax relief for angel investment. In addition, the Minister announced some welcome enhancements to Retirement Relief, increasing both the age-limit and the asset-value limit. Capital Acquisitions Tax Foster children are to be able to avail of the Group B capital acquisitions tax lifetime tax free threshold, currently €32,500, based on their relationship to their foster parents. Capital Gains Tax (“CGT”) Retirement Relief In line with Government policy on the age of retirement, from 1 January 2025 the upper age limit for capital gains tax Retirement Relief is to be extended from 65 until the age of 70. The reduced relief which was available on disposals from age 66 onwards will now apply from age 70. Also from 1 January 2025, there will be a new limit of €10 million on the relief available up to age 70 for disposals to a child. Angel Relief A new CGT relief is also being introduced to encourage angel investment innovative start-ups, in line with the recommendation from the Commission on Taxation and Welfare. The relief will be available to an individual who invests in an innovative start-up small and medium enterprise (SME) for a period of at least 3 years.  The investment by the individual must be in the form of fully paid-up newly issued shares costing at least €10,000 and constituting between 5 percent and 49 percent of the ordinary issued share capital of the company.   The scheme will include a certification process, which will  be  carried  out  by  Enterprise  Ireland,  to ensure  the  relief  is  targeted  at  innovative SMEs that can  demonstrate  financial  viability  and compliance with the requirements of the EU General Block Exemption Regulation. Qualifying investors may avail  of  an  effective  reduced  rate  of  CGT  of  16 percent,  or  18 percent  if through  a  partnership, on a gain up to twice the value of their initial investment.  There is a lifetime limit of €3 million on gains to which the reduced rate of CGT will apply.  

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VAT Measures - Budget 2024

The Minister announced a one-year extension to the reduced VAT rates for gas and electricity, increases in the VAT registration thresholds for both goods and services, and the zero-rating of audiobooks, ebooks, and solar panels for schools. For the hospitality sector, the 13.5 percent VAT rate, which recommenced from 1 September 2023, remains unchanged. The Revenue Commissioners will shortly launch a public consultation examining how digital advances can be used to modernise Ireland’s VAT invoicing and reporting system. Gas and electricity The 9 percent VAT rate for gas and electricity (normally 13.5 percent), which was originally due to end on 31 October 2023, is being extended for an additional 12 months until 31 October 2024. The 9 percent reduced rate first took effect from 1 May 2022. The extension is expected to cost €315 million in 2024. VAT registration thresholds From 1 January 2024, the current VAT registration thresholds are being increased from €37,500 to €40,000 for services, and from €75,000 to €80,000 for goods. According to the Minister’s speech, although the increases are modest, they are targeted at small businesses whose turnover is close to the current thresholds. The increases aim to bring the thresholds broadly in line with forthcoming EU VAT registration thresholds. Audiobooks, ebooks, and solar panels for schools From 1 January 2024, the VAT rate for audiobooks and ebooks will be reduced from 9 percent to zero percent (to bring the rate in line with paper books), at a full year cost of €3 million, according to the Budget 2024 publications. From the same date, the VAT rate for the supply and installation of solar panels installed in schools will also be reduced to zero percent. Charities VAT compensation scheme From 1 January 2024, the total annual capped fund for the Charities VAT compensation scheme is being increased from €5 million to €10 million. The scheme aims to reduce the VAT burden on charities and partially compensate for VAT paid by the charity and applies to VAT paid on expenditure from 1 January 2018.

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In the media

  • Cróna Clohisey, Tax and Professional Policy Team Lead, was interviewed on Newstalk.  Listen back.
  • Brian Keegan, Director of Advocacy and Voice, joined an RTÉ 1 panel discussion with Louise Kelly, Tax Partner with Deloitte, about Budget 2024. Listen back.
  • Hear Cróna Clohisey's commentary on YouTube
  • Hear Cróna Clohisey on Highland Radio (Wednesday 11) 
    • Part 1 (3 mins)
    • Part 2 (10 mins)
    • Part 3 (2 mins)
  • Read media coverage of Chartered Accountants Ireland commentary
    • The Irish Times (commentary on childcare supports)
    • The Irish Examiner (commentary on supports for business)
    • The Business Post (commentary on childcare supports)

Pre-Budget 2024 report

The Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies-Ireland (CCABI-) have submitted a Pre-Budget 2024 report putting forward a tailored tax policy designed to meet the needs of Ireland's dual economy.

If you have any questions about this report, please contact Cróna Clohisey at crona.clohisey@charteredaccountants.ie.


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