On 22 December, the European Commission proposed a Directive laying down rules to prevent the misuse of shell entities for tax purposes. This initiative is intended to ensure that entities in the European Union that have no or minimal economic activity are unable to benefit from...
On 22 December 2021 the European Commission proposed a Directive ensuring a minimum effective tax rate for the global activities of large multinational groups. The proposal follows the recent historic global tax reform agreement, setting out how the principles of the agreed 15% effective tax rate...
The Office of the CfR has issued the draft Transfer Pricing rules for public consultation. The draft rules can be viewed here. The consultation period ends on 28 February 2022....
The Office of the CfR has published the following FSS updates: Reporting of part time and overtime in FSS documents as from 01/01/2022 Social Security and Maternity Fund Contributions rates FSS documents and Electronic Lodgement Specifications Click here to view the CfR announcement....
The Office of the CfR has announced that access to the SFTP server by data providers for the purposes of upload of CRS, FATCA and CbCR reports will not be available. The server will be available again on the 20th December 2021 and access to the server...
The Commissioner for Revenue has announced that the electronic filing deadline for year of assessment 2021 income tax returns in respect of companies having a 31 December 2020 accounting year-end is being further extended to Wednesday 1st December 2021....
Further to the publication of LN 461 of 2021 (see MIT news 28 November 2021), the Office of the CfR has published guidelines on the Income Tax and Stamp Duty Benefits on Certain Property Transfers announced in the Budget for 2022. The guidelines can be downloaded...
Further to the announcement in the Budget for 2022 of the introduction of a tax exemption on first €750,000 on transfers of certain property (property constructed over 20 years ago which has been vacant for 7 years, property in an UCA or property with traditional...
This week's edition of the CFE Tax Top 5 looks at the following: European Parliament Adopts Public Country-by-Country Reporting Legislation Carbon Trading Mechanism Agreed at COP26: World’s Climate Policy Summit Register Now: CFE Conference on “Professional Judgment in Tax Planning” on 25 November 2021 Tax Inspectors...
