Revenue eBrief No. 189/24 – Special Assignee Relief Programme (SARP)

Revenue eBrief No. 189/24 12 July 2024 Special Assignee Relief Programme (SARP) Tax and Duty Manual Part 34-00-10 – Special Assignee Relief Programme (SARP) has been updated as follows: A new subparagraph 7.1.3 has been added to provide guidance on the calculation of SARP relief in re-grossed net pay/benefits cases.

Revenue eBrief No. 190/24 – Research and Development (R&D) Corporation Tax Credit

Revenue eBrief No. 190/24 12 July 2024 Research and Development (R&D) Corporation Tax Credit Tax and Duty Manual Part 29-02-03 – Research and Development (R&D) Corporation Tax Credit – has been updated to incorporate the changes to the R&D credit introduced by Finance (No.2) Act 2023. Finance (No.2) Act 2023 changes are reflected throughout the manual, […]

Revenue eBrief No. 190/24 – Customs Manual on Import VAT

Revenue eBrief No. 191/24 12 July 2024 Customs Manual on Import VAT The Tax and Duty Manual (TDM), Customs Manual on Import VAT has been updated as follows – All references to AEP have been deleted in the TDM. Appendix A – Goods Diverted to Home Use has also been deleted. The contact details for the Anti […]

Revenue eBrief No. 192/24 – Share Schemes

Revenue eBrief No. 192/24 12 July 2024 Share Schemes Tax and Duty Manual – Share Schemes Manual Chapter12 – has been updated in section 12.11 to reflect recent Finance Act 2023 changes to the taxation of unapproved share options. Under certain circumstances, a SAYE (Save As You Earn) option may be treated as an unapproved share option. Gains […]

Revenue eBrief No. 193/24 – Taxation of foreign retirement lump sums

Revenue eBrief No. 193/24 12 July 2024 Foreign pension lump sums Tax and Duty Manual Part 07-01-09A -Taxation of foreign retirement lump sums – has been updated as follows: Paragraph 4.1 to include guidance to the effect that when determining the tax-free amount which is available on a foreign pension lump sum, this should take account […]

Revenue eBrief No. 188/24 – Update to State Aid Transparency Requirements

Revenue eBrief No. 188/24 11 July 2024 Update to State Aid Transparency Requirements Tax and Duty Manual Part 37-00-39 State Aid Transparency Requirements: Publication of information regarding State aid granted to individual taxpayers – has been updated to reflect the current State aid numbers for several schemes: the revised threshold for publication of €100,000 (previously €500,000) for aid granted under […]

Revenue seize herbal cannabis worth €990,000 at Dublin Airport

Revenue seize herbal cannabis worth €990,000 at Dublin Airport Yesterday, 09/07/2024, as a result of risk profiling and with the assistance of detector dog Jack, Revenue officers seized 49.5kgs of herbal cannabis with an estimated value of €990,000 at Dublin Airport. The cannabis was discovered concealed in vacuum-packed packages within the baggage of a passenger who had disembarked a flight originating from Thailand. A man […]

Revenue seize herbal cannabis worth €300,000 at Dublin Airport

Revenue seize herbal cannabis worth €300,000 at Dublin Airport Yesterday (07/07/2024), as a result of risk profiling and with the assistance of detector dog Jack, Revenue officers seized 15kgs of herbal cannabis with an estimated value of €300,000 at Dublin Airport.  The cannabis was discovered concealed in vacuum-packed packages within the baggage of a passenger […]

Revenue seize contraband worth almost €400,000 in Dublin

Revenue seize contraband worth almost €400,000 in Dublin Over the course of last week (week commencing 1 July 2024), Revenue officers examining parcels at a premises in Dublin seized 13.4kgs of herbal cannabis with an estimated value of over €268,000 during the course of numerous operations. Various quantities of other illicit drugs, with an estimated […]

Revenue seize herbal cannabis worth €6,860,000 in Dublin

Revenue seize herbal cannabis worth €6,860,000 in Dublin Yesterday, 05/07/2024, as part of an intelligence-led operation, Revenue officers seized approximately 343kgs of herbal cannabis with an estimated value of €6,860,000 in the Dublin area. The seizure was made as a result of a joint operation conducted by Revenue’s Customs Service and the Garda National Drugs […]