Liam Irwin

Intent: To seek support to ensure that all food supplements remain at the current exempt rate of VAT.

Details: Revenue Proposal to Apply a Rate of VAT on Food Supplements

Intent: To discuss a range of issues such as joint training initiatives and administrative matters relating to Revenue Audits and compliance interventions

Details: General meeting between the Institute and the Revenue Board

Intent: Publication of a whole-of-government Small Business Strategy::Alignment of tax policy with the Small Business Strategy

Details: Small Business Strategy

Intent: With the aim of achieving better service from Revenue, we highlighted members’ concerns about the delay in finalising audits, issues with My Enquiries, difficulties agents have contacting Revenue and delays in obtaining VAT registrations. Technical and operation issues arising from the Employment and Investment (EII) scheme were also highlighted as well as the uncertainty surrounding the DPL taxonomy for iXBRL matters.

Details: Meeting with Revenue Board to discuss members’ issues with Revenue services

Intent: Meeting

Details: Discuss the need to tackle smuggling

Intent: Earned Income Tax Credit for the self-employed to be raised to the level of the PAYE tax credit::Introduce a new scheme for the taxation of employee share options, appropriate to small companies::Reduce CGT rate to 20%::Increase lifetime limit of CGT Entrepreneurial Relief to €15 million

Details: Tax reform

Intent: Support Revenue's PAYE modernisation project::Highlight issues that may arise for small firms around corrections, broadband access, awareness::Ensure that appropriate training will be provided by Revenue in the lead up to the introduction of the new sytem

Details: PAYE modernisation

Intent: To exchange views on a range of administrative matters

Details: General meeting between the Institute's Council & Executive Team and the Revenue's Board & Heads of Divisions

Intent: To exchange views on a range of topical issues such as the Audit Code and the implementation of the Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive.

Details: General meeting between the Institute and the Revenue Board

Intent: To discuss a range of issues such as the joint Institute-Revenue conference, joint training initiatives and recent changes to the Audit Code.

Details: General meeting between the Institute and the Revenue Board