Ireland: Irish Revenue issues eBrief No. 081/26 on living city initiative guidance update
Irish Revenue has published eBrief No. 081/26 on 17 April 2026, providing new and updated guidance on the Living City Initiative. The Living City Initiative is a scheme of property tax incentives provided for in Chapter 13 of Part 10 of the Taxes
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Ireland: Irish Revenue clarifies revised entrepreneur relief, expands examples, and increases cap
Irish Revenue issued eBrief No. 080/26 on 17 April 2026, updating guidance on Revised Entrepreneur Relief. The update relates to Tax and Duty Manual Part 19-06-02b, which guides the Capital Gains Tax (CGT) relief known as Revised Entrepreneur
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Ireland cuts fuel excise, announces support package for transport and agriculture
Ireland’s government announced a new package of measures, on 13 April 2026, on fuel costs and to support the transport, farming and fisheries sectors. These measures follow significant recent engagement with industry representatives and are in
See MoreIreland cuts tax on fuel, postpones carbon tax increase
Irish Revenue published eBrief No. 078/26 on 15 April 2026, announcing a reduction in mineral oil tax on certain fuels, and a postponement of the scheduled carbon tax increase. The Tax and Duty Manual on Excise Duty Rates on Energy Products and
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Ireland adds enhanced credit for lower budget films
Ireland’s Revenue has published eBrief No. 068/26 on 30 March 2026, updating the Film Corporation Tax Credit guidance to incorporate instructions on the newly introduced enhanced credit for lower budget film productions. Tax and Duty Manual
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Ireland updates DAC6 cross-border tax arrangement guidance
Ireland’s Revenue Commissioners published eBrief No. 067/26 on 30 March 2026, updating guidance on the application and operation of DAC6. DAC6 mandates reporting of cross-border tax arrangements showing specific "hallmarks" of potential tax
See MoreIreland: Revenue revises guidance on defensive measures for outbound payments
Irish Revenue has released eBrief No. 065/26 on 30 March 2026, which updates the guidance about outbound payments defensive measures. Tax and Duty Manual Part 33-05-01 has been updated as follows: New section 3.4.2 has been included
See MoreIreland: Revenue updates CCI tax, duty manual
Irish Revenue has released eBrief No. 056/26, introducing updates to the Tax and Duty Manual regarding Centralised Clearance at Import (CCI) on 23 March 2026. A new Tax and Duty Manual on Centralised Clearance at Import (CCI) has been created.
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Ireland: Irish Revenue urges property owners to file LPT returns
Ireland's Revenue published its latest Local Property Tax (LPT) statistics and reminded residential property owners to submit their LPT Returns on 24 March 2026. The valuation submitted through this process determines the LPT charge applicable for
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Ireland: Revenue updates participation exemption guidance for foreign distributions
Irish Revenue published eBrief No. 063/26 on 25 March 2026, providing updated guidance on the participation exemption for specified foreign distributions Participation exemption for certain foreign distributions Tax and Duty Manual (TDM) Part
See MoreIreland: Revenue updates Pillar Two guidance in accordance with 2025 Finance Act
Irish Revenue released eBrief No. 058/26 on 24 March 2026, updating the Tax and Duty Manuals with guidance on the Pillar Two global minimum tax. Guidance on Pillar Two Two Tax and Duty Manuals (TDMs) relating to Pillar Two have been updated to
See MoreIreland: Revenue updates PAYE guidance for employers
The Irish Revenue has issued eBrief No. 043/26 announcing updates to the Employers’ Guide to Pay As You Earn (PAYE) with effect from January 2019. The PAYE system is a method of tax deduction under which employers calculate and deduct income
See MoreIreland: Revenue updates guidance on Expressions of Doubt under Full Self-Assessment
Irish Revenue issued eBrief No. 041/26 on 2 March 2026, announcing updates to guidance on Expressions of Doubt under the Full Self-Assessment system for Income Tax, Corporation Tax and Capital Gains Tax. The update revises Tax and Duty Manual
See MoreIreland: Share scheme returns for 2025 due in March 2026
Irish Revenue has issued eBrief No. 039/26 on 27 February 2026, reminding customers that the deadline for the share reporting obligation in respect of the return year 2025 is 31 March 2026. Failure to make a return by the due date may attract
See MoreIreland outlines long-term approach to R&D tax incentives
Ireland’s Department of Finance has released the Research and Development Tax Credit and Innovation Compass on 16 February 2026, setting out the work completed in 2025 to review the R&D tax credit regime and related innovation supports. The
See MoreIreland: Revenue extends 2025 Form 11, CAT ROS filing deadline
Ireland’s tax authority (Revenue) issued eBrief No. 034/26 on 16 February 2026, extending the filing and payment deadlines for certain self-assessment Income Tax and Capital Acquisitions Tax (CAT) obligations for 2025. For self-assessment
See MoreIreland: Large corporations to be considered for Phase One rollout of e-invoicing
Ireland’s Revenue confirmed on 10 February 2026 that the "large corporates" will be considered within scope for Phase One of VAT Modernisation programme. This announcement follows Revenue’s publication of VAT Modernisation: Implementation of
See MoreIreland: Irish Revenue updates RCT guidance in eBrief No. 032/26
Irish Revenue has released eBrief No. 032/26 on 4 February 2026, announcing updates to its Tax and Duty Manuals (TDMs) relating to Relevant Contracts Tax (RCT). RCT is a withholding tax that applies to specific payments made by principal contractors
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