Ireland: Irish Revenue clarifies VAT treatment of extended warranties
Ireland’s tax authority, Irish Revenue, has published a new Tax and Duty Manual (TDM) VAT Treatment of Extended Warranties (Revenue eBrief No. 232/25) on 8 December 2025 to provide guidance on the VAT treatment of Extended Warranties. This
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Ireland: Fiscal Council warns budget surplus masks structural deficit
Ireland’s Fiscal Advisory Council has warned that Ireland’s apparent budget surplus is heavily reliant on volatile corporation tax receipts from a small number of large multinational companies, raising concerns over the sustainability of public
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Ireland: Irish Revenue updates guidance on unapproved share option schemes
Irish Revenue has released eBrief No. 221/25 on 26 November 2025, outlining revisions to its guidance on the tax treatment of “unapproved share option schemes.” These schemes involve situations where a company grants an employee or director the
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Ireland: Irish Revenue updates guidance on anti-hybrid rules for partnerships
The Irish Revenue has issued eBrief No. 223/25, on 27 November 2025, on the country’s anti-hybrid rules, reflecting changes to the application of the associated enterprises test for partnerships. Tax and Duty Manual Part 35C-00-01 has been
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Ireland: Irish Revenue revises guidance on tax treatment of debt issuance costs, covering interest cap fees
Irish Revenue has issued eBrief No. 217/25 on 25 November 2025, updating the Tax and Duty Manual (TDM) Part 04-06-21 on the tax treatment of debt issuance costs, including interest cap fees. The update incorporates guidance on interest cap fees,
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Ireland: Revenue updates guidance on territorial scope of VAT Groups
Irish Revenue issued eBrief No. 216/25 on 19 November 2025, providing new and updated guidance on the territorial scope of VAT Groups. The updates aim to clarify how VAT Groups operate in Ireland and which entities can be included under
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Ireland: Revenue updates guidance on Scrip Dividends
Irish Revenue published eBrief No. 213/25 on 14 November 2025, updating guidance on the treatment of scrip dividends for income and corporation tax purposes. Tax and Duty Manual (TDM) Part 33-02-01 outlines the tax treatment under section 816 of
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Ireland: DoF opens consultation on Phase One of interest tax reform
Ireland’s Department of Finance has opened a consultation on Phase One of its proposed reform of the country’s interest taxation regime. The consultation period begins on 21 November 2025. The reform, outlined in a “Strawman Proposal,”
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Ireland publishes feedback statement on interest tax reform
Ireland’s Tánaiste and Minister for Finance Simon Harris T.D. has published a Feedback Statement for Phase One of the reform of Ireland’s taxation regime for interest. This announcement was made on 21 November 2025. The statement aims to
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Ireland: Revenue updates eTC requirements for liquor, corrects title of certain fuel licences
The Irish Revenue has updated its Tax & Duty Manual on Electronic Tax Clearance (eTC) under eBrief No. 215/25 on 17 November 2025. The amendments include the addition of Producer’s Retail On-Licence and Producer’s Retail Off-Licence to the
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Ireland: Revenue updates local property tax manuals
The Irish Revenue has released eBrief No. 205/25 on 30 October 2025, detailing updates to various Tax and Duty Manuals on Local Property Tax in light of the amendments made by the Finance (Local Property Tax and Other Provisions) (Amendment) Act
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Ireland: Revenue releases updated guidance for CT1 2025 filings
Irish Revenue has issued eBrief No. 203/25 on 30 October 2025, introducing a new section of the Tax and Duty Manual (TDM), Part 38-02-01J, which guides completing Corporation Tax Returns (Form CT1) for accounting periods ending in 2025. The TDM
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Ireland: Revenue announces local property tax returns deadline
Irish Revenue has issued a reminder to residential property owners that the filing deadline for the Local Property Tax (LPT) Return for the 2026–2030 valuation period is 7 November 2025. This announcement was made on 29 October
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Ireland: Revenue updates guidance on treatment of business entertainment expense
Irish Revenue issued eBrief No. 197/25 updating its tax and duty manuals on entertainment expenses. TDM Part 05-03-02 has been renamed “Business Entertainment Expenses Incurred by Directors and Employees” and now includes content from the
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Ireland: Revenue updates ROS filing, payment guidance
Regfollower Desk Irish Revenue has published eBrief No. 193/25 on 20 October 2025, outlining the conditions under which individual taxpayers can extend the filing and payment deadline for their 2024 Form 11 return through the Revenue Online
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Australia: Federal Court pauses Oracle royalty tax case to permit treaty arbitration with Ireland
The Full Federal Court of Australia ruled in favour of Oracle, allowing its Mutual Agreement Procedure with Ireland to proceed by staying domestic tax proceedings, reaffirming taxpayers’ treaty rights to prevent double taxation over intra-group
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Ireland publishes Finance Bill 2025, increase rate of R&D tax credit
The 2025 Finance Bill introduces amendments covering VAT rates for hospitality and hairdressing, retirement savings, foreign dividend exemptions, and investment taxation, while updating various enterprise, property, and personal tax measures,
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Ireland: Revenue outlines VAT rollout for digital age (ViDA) measures
The compulsory e-invoicing and real-time VAT reporting are intended to comply with the EU VAT in the Digital Age (ViDA) Directive by 1 July 2030. Ireland’s Revenue announced a phased rollout for compulsory e-invoicing and real-time VAT
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