Overwatch Report

Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland

May–August

[Taxation] Proposed wording to satisfy the requirements in lieu of certification for the VAT56A procedures.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Deirdre Hanlon', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'}

Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland

May–August

[Environment] Attended a meeting of the Government’s Commercial Built Environment Roadmap Working Group, hosted by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)'}

Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland

May–August

[Education and Training] Discussion regarding the modernisation of the Leaving Certificate Accounting syllabus.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Jennifer Carroll MacNeill', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Finance)'}

Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland

May–August

[Education and Training] Communications with the Department of Education seeking a meeting to discuss modernisation of the Leaving Certificate Accounting syllabus.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Norma Foley', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Education)'}

Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland

May–August

[Employment] Response to public consultation on the review of the occupations lists for employment permits.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}

Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland

May–August

[Environment] Response to the Call for Expert Evidence – Climate Action Plan 2024.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Eamon Ryan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'}

Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland

May–August

[Taxation] Attended the National Economic Dialogue and suggested tax measures to improve the housing supply in Ireland including an improved tax rate for landlords.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}

Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland

May–August

[Employment] Response to public consultation undertaken by the Workplace Relations Commission with a view to drafting a Code of Practice on the right to request remote working.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Anna Perry', 'role': 'Acting Director of Service (The Workplace Relations Commission)'}

Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland

May–August

[Taxation] Meeting with the Department of Finance to make pre-Budget 2024 representations on a range of technical and policy issues relating to the Irish taxation system.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}

Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland

May–August

[Taxation] Representations relating to the simplification of Form 11 and Form 1 reporting requirements of investments in investment funds.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Eugene Creighton', 'role': 'Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'} {'name': 'Joe Howley', 'role': 'Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'}

Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland

May–August

[Taxation] Representations relating to the filing date for the new Vacant Homes Tax (VHT).

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Joe Howley', 'role': 'Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'}

Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland

May–August

[Taxation] Representations relating to professional services withholding tax (PSWT) and General Medical Services (GMS) contracts.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Eugene Creighton', 'role': 'Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'} {'name': 'Joe Howley', 'role': 'Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'}

Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland

May–August

[Taxation] Representations relating to professional services withholding tax (PSWT) reporting requirements & issues for 2022 returns.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Joe Howley', 'role': 'Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'}

Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland

May–August

[Taxation] Representations regarding non-offset of refund requests for taxpayers.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Joe Howley', 'role': 'Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'}

Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland

May–August

[Taxation] Representations on issues relating to the new enhanced reporting requirements for employers.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Eugene Creighton', 'role': 'Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'} {'name': 'Joe Howley', 'role': 'Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'}

Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland

May–August

[Taxation] Representation to allow tax agents to file s83D stamp duty refund claims when not the original filer.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Joe Howley', 'role': 'Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'}

Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland

May–August

[Taxation] Representations on issues relating to the new non-resident landlord withholding tax system.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Joe Howley', 'role': 'Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'}

Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland

May–August

[Taxation] Representations on publication of guidance for VAT returns of annual trading details.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Joe Howley', 'role': 'Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'}

Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland

May–August

[Taxation] Representations on a range of technical and policy issues relating to new taxation measures to apply to outbound payments in response to a public consultation.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}

Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland

May–August

[Taxation] Response to the public consultation of the review of the private residential rental sector.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Darragh O'Brien", 'role': 'Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)'}

Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland

May–August

[Taxation] Pre-Budget 2024 representations on a range of technical and policy issues relating to the Irish taxation system including housing and ESG measures, tax reliefs for SMEs, and making the tax system less administratively burdensome.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}

Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland

May–August

[Taxation] Representations on a range of technical and policy issues relating to the implementation of Pillar Two Global anti-Base Erosion (GloBE) rules provided for under the EU Minimum Tax Directive (Council Directive (EU) 2022/2523).

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}

Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland

May–August

[Taxation] Representations relating to the limited filing hours for capital acquisition tax returns.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Joe Howley', 'role': 'Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'}

Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland

May–August

[Taxation] Institute President Sinead Donovan met with John Callinan and put forward suggestions to improve the housing supply in Ireland using the tax system including PAYE tax holiday for developers and a reduction in the income tax rate private landlords pay.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'John Callinan', 'role': 'Secretary General (Department of the Taoiseach)'}

Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland

September–December

[Taxation] Representations on issues relating to the new enhanced reporting requirements for employers, including recommending a delay to its introduction.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}

Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland

September–December

[Taxation] Representations on issues relating to the harmonisation and simplification of the taxation of the Funds Sector in Ireland.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}

Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland

September–December

[Taxation] Response to public consultation relating to the introduction of a participation exemption to Irish corporation tax.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'}

Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland

September–December

[Taxation] Representations relating to the tax treatment of General Medical Services (GMS) income of General Practitioners (GPs).

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'}

Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland

September–December

[Taxation] Representations on issues arising regarding group elections and the interest limitation rule.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Eugene Creighton', 'role': 'Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'} {'name': 'Joe Howley', 'role': 'Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'} {'name': 'Tom James', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'} {'name': 'Brian Boyle', 'role': 'Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'}

Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland

September–December

[Taxation] Representations regarding proposed updates to the Employment Incentive Scheme (EIIS).

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Eugene Creighton', 'role': 'Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'} {'name': 'Joe Howley', 'role': 'Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'} {'name': 'Tom James', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'} {'name': 'Brian Boyle', 'role': 'Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)'}

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