European Championship success for Revenue customs dog handlers and detection dogs
European Championship success for Revenue customs dog handlers and detection dogs In April 2024, some of our detector dog teams participated in the “European Open Championship for Custom Dog Handlers & Detection Dogs”, which was hosted in Latvia. Three of our officers attended, namely Alan Foley, Sarah Fagan and Ian Kavanagh, representing Ireland among a […]
Revenue eBrief No. 135/24 -DIRT Free Deposit Accounts – Branch Procedures
Revenue eBrief No. 135/24 15 May 2024 DIRT Free Deposit Accounts – Branch Procedures Tax and Duty Manual Part 08-04-08A has been updated to provide that deposit interest arising on a deposit that is solely in respect of a general payment, and work related payment if applicable, under the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme can be paid […]
Revenue eBrief No. 136/24 – Implementation of Council Directive (EU) 2022/2523
Revenue eBrief No. 136/24 15 May 2024 Implementation of Council Directive (EU) 2022/2523 of 15 December 2022 on Ensuring a Global Minimum Level of Taxation for Multinational Enterprise Groups and Large-Scale Domestic Groups in the Union Section 94 of Finance (No.2) Act 2023, by inserting a new Part 4A of the Taxes Consolidation Act (TCA) […]
Revenue eBrief No. 133/24 – Relief for certain income from leasing of farm land
Revenue eBrief No. 133/24 14 May 2024 Relief for certain income from leasing of farm land Tax and Duty Manual Part 23-01-23 – Relief for certain income from leasing of farm land – has been updated to reflect amendments to section 664 Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 by Finance (No.2) Act 2023. This includes a new section 5 to […]
Revenue eBrief No. 134/24 – Update to Accounting for Mineral Oil and Horticultural Production Relief Guide Tax Manuals
Revenue eBrief No. 134/24 14 May 2024 Update to Accounting for Mineral Oil and Horticultural Production Relief Guide Tax Manuals The following two Tax and Duty Manuals (TDM) have been updated. Accounting for Mineral Oil TDM has been updated with MOT rates in effect from 1 May 2024 in Appendix I and rates from 1 […]
Revenue seize €191,000 cash at Dublin Port
Revenue seize €191,000 cash at Dublin Port Last Friday, (10/05/2024), at Dublin District Court, Revenue officers were granted a three-month cash detention order by Judge Gerard Jones. This followed the seizure on Thursday, (09/05/2024), of cash to the value of €191,000 at Dublin Port. The discovery was made as a result of risk profiling, when […]
Revenue seize contraband worth over €330,000 in Dublin
Revenue seize contraband worth over €330,000 in Dublin Over the course of last week, (week commencing 06/05/2024), Revenue officers examining parcels at a premises in Dublin seized 13.9 kgs of herbal cannabis with an estimated value of €277,000 during the course of numerous operation. Various quantities of other illicit drugs, with an estimated value of […]
Additional update on the Debt Warehousing Scheme
Additional update on the Debt Warehousing Scheme Yesterday (09/05/2024), Revenue confirmed that almost 90% of the €1.65 billion debt that remained in the warehouse at the start of April 2024 was now either paid in full, secured under phased payment arrangements or included within a proposed phased payment arrangement which is in the process of […]
Revenue seize herbal cannabis worth €3,680,000 in Wexford and Dublin
Revenue seize herbal cannabis worth €3,680,000 in Wexford and Dublin Yesterday (07/05/2024), as part of intelligence-led operations involving Revenue’s Customs Service and the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB), two separate consignments of herbal cannabis, with a combined weight of approximately 184 kgs and an estimated value of €3,680,000 (subject to analysis) were […]
Revenue eBrief No. 131/24 – Anti-Dumping and Countervailing duty refunds
Revenue eBrief No. 131/24 08 May 2024 Anti-Dumping and Countervailing duty refunds The Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Duties Manual has been updated to clarify that refunds of Anti-Dumping and Countervailing duty should be processed manually by customs officials where (i) a provisional duty is subsequently revoked and a corresponding definitive duty is not imposed and (ii) the definitive duty […]
