Members in practice from all over the country were in contact with us in the weeks leading up to the 23 September corporation tax filing deadline, telling us of the huge work pressures they face and resourcing constraints in meeting the tax deadlines. This was a challenge also facing members of our fellow CCAB-I accountancy bodies. Chartered Accountants Ireland and the CCAB-I made representations to the Government and to Revenue on the deadline crisis facing accountants.

In the CCAB-I Pre-Budget 2021 submission and Chartered Accountants Ireland publication The Next Financial Year, we called for a suspension of surcharges over the corporation tax deadline for 23 September and the income tax deadline for 12 November. These publications were distributed to all TDs and Senators and to the Government.

Chartered Accountants Ireland under the auspices of the CCAB-I made representations to Revenue through the TALC forum and we set out the issues in advance for Revenue in a letter which was discussed at the Main TALC meeting in early September. The Sunday Independent recently reported this letter and the difficulties facing accountants this deadline season.