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While April is by no means the busiest time of the year for tax receipts, tax collection as reflected in the Exchequer returns seems to be holding up. The most important taxes, Income Tax and VAT are marginally ahead of expectations. The apparent very strong performance of Corporation Tax to the end of April in percentage terms is not significant, relative to the expectations for the Corporatio...

Increased ODCE prosecution activity in auditor cases

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Toolkits Updated

At the recent HMRC seminars, there was some evidence that members are not familiar with HMRC's online toolkits. Covered on a number of occasions by Chartered Accountants Tax News, the Toolkits have been developed by HMRC with the intention of helping reduce common errors when completing returns. HMRC has now published eight updated Toolkits, those covering Capital Gains Taxes and Trusts and...

Update on Daily Penalty Notices Issued in Error

HMRC have provided us with an update on recent press coverage about Self-Assessment (SA) daily penalty notices being sent out in error. HMRC apologise for the situation and provide the following update to help deal with any questions that may arise. HMRC have identified that nearly 12,000 people have been sent a SA daily penalty notice in error. They wish to reassure these customers that HMRC...

Commission Proposes New Rules for Collecting Excise Duties

New rules aimed at improving the collection of excise duties and improving Member States' controls on excise revenue have been proposed by the Commission. According to the Commission, the new regulation would facilitate the computerised Excise Movement and Control System (EMCS) introduced in April 2010. Currently, part of the information exchange between Member States on the movement of excise...

Special Offer on ‘Crack the Books’

Ideal as a gift for clients setting up and managing their own businesses, Crack the Books is an easy-to-follow guide to book-keeping for the non-accountant. Contents include: Book-keeping Basics The Financial Statements Tax Payroll Budgeting Bank/Loans/Overdrafts As a special promotion to members of Chartered Accountants Ireland , we are offering this book for €19.99 (normal price €29.99). The...

Chartered Accountants Ireland's FDI Initiative to launch next Friday

Chartered Accountants Ireland's FDI Initiative and Guide will be launched next Friday 11th May at the Annual Conference by Minister Richard Bruton TD. This is part of the Institute’s efforts to support the promotion of Ireland as a location of choice for FDI business. The guide will be included in next Friday's eNews 11th May. A central part of the initiative is leveraging our network of 21,0...

Chartered Tax Consultant – Applied Tax Exams (no link)

The exams for Applied Tax of the Chartered Tax Consultant programme 2012 took place last Friday and Saturday. These exams covered the first 8 modules of this professional tax qualification programme. The final 12 modules, Integrated Tax Consultancy, commence on June 8th.

The VALUE ADDED Tax qualification - Chartered Tax Consultant

Do you have an existing tax qualification but feel now is the time to refresh and develop this further? We welcome applications from those who previously studied tax and would like to join our participants on the Integrated Tax Consultancy programme which starts on 8th June. There are no compromises in this programme, it has been built exclusively for Chartered Accountants, developing and...

Special Offer for Chartered Tax Consultants

From the Chartered Tax Library, the 2012 editions of the four key Irish Tax Acts updated to and including Finance Act 2012 will be available in June 2012 at a special price for Chartered Tax Consultants: Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 2012 Edition - €76.50 (List price €90) Capital Acquisitions Act 2003 & Stamp Duties Consolidation Act 1999 2012 Edition - €51 (List price €60) Value-Added Tax...

Your Institute in the media this week – Exchequer tax returns and the Shadow economy

Director of Tax at Chartered Accountants Ireland, Brian Keegan was interviewed on Morning Ireland on RTE radio, in connection with the latest Exchequer tax return figures (link above).

Update on Daily Penalty Notices Issued in Error