These guides reflect the commitment of UHY member firms to providing outstanding real estate advice and offers the possibility for clients and members to connect directly with property experts in each country, identified in the guide. Given the scope and complexity of each individual country’s laws and regulations, this publication should be viewed as a…

Finance Bill   Finance Bill 2017 was published on 19 October 2017. As always, the Finance Bill contains a number of measures that were not announced in the Budget 2018 speech of the Minster for Finance, Paschal Donohue.   The following are some of the measures detailed in the Finance Bill 2017: Employees of health…

Revenue wins appeal on second home charge     The Revenue Commissioners have won their appeal against a finding that an annual charge formerly levied on second homes and holiday homes is tax deductible against rental income from the properties.   Several cases raising a similar point were awaiting the outcome of the appeal. The…

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New €500k Competitive Start Fund targeted at Experienced Business Professionals Competition opened for applications on Wednesday 11 October   A total of €500,000 in start-up funding is available from Enterprise Ireland due to a new Competitive Start Fund (CSF) competition targeted at Experienced Business Professionals. This CSF is directed at mature and highly experienced business…

GDPR – General Data Protection Regulation The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will come into force on the 25th May 2018, replacing the existing data protection framework under the EU Data Protection Directive.   As a regulation, it will not generally require transposition into Irish law (regulations have ‘direct effect’), so organisations involved in data…

Self-Assessed Tax Deadline 2017 After Budget 2018 last week you are may be wondering how the changes will affect you come January 1st 2018. Read our Budget Highlights here to find out. In the meantime there is a more pressing matter to be addressed – filing your 2016 tax returns. The self-assessed tax deadline is…

Brexit Update The result of the UK referendum to leave the European Union has raised opportunities and challenges for Irish business. There are significant implications for every sector in Ireland.  In our Brexit Series we will keep you up to date on Brexit related news and how new changes will effect you and your business….

10 October 2017, The Minister for Finance Paschal Donohue introduced the budget and spending measures proposed for 2018. The Budget 2018 did not bring any surprises from an Income Tax point of view. We predicted an increase to the 20% rate band and changes to certain tax credits. This prediction was realised. We believed there…

Budget 2018 Highlights Budget 2018 was announced today Tuesday, October 10 by the new Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe.   Budget 2018 – The Highlights The Budget 2018 did not bring any surprises from an Income Tax point of view. We predicted an increase to the 20% rate band and changes to certain tax credits. This prediction was realised. We believed there may be  a combined PRSI and USC rate but this has only been put in to the planning stages with a reduced USC rate and increased threshold in the meantime. There were surprises with regard to a significant increase in commercial property stamp duty and the charitable VAT refund scheme. Other than that the Budget was relatively uneventful and brought in very few tax changes. Watch our highlights video with our Tax Manager, Jane Jackson     Download our Top Ten Highlights Document   If you have any tax queries,…