1. The national minimum wage will increase from EUR9.25 gross per working hour to EUR9.55 gross per working hour in respect of hours worked on or after 1st January 2018. 2. Self-employed workers who cannot work due to long term illness or disability can claim...
PAYE modernisation, commencing on January 1st 2019, will move your payroll reporting obligations from once a year (via P35) to real time reporting (RTR). Employers will report pay, tax and other deductions to Revenue, as well as employees ending employment, at the...
The Treatment Benefit Scheme run by the Department of Social Protection provides dental, optical and aural services to qualified people. From 27 March 2017, the Treatment Benefit Scheme has been extended to also cover self-employed people who pay Class S PRSI and have...
If you would like to thank your staff for their hard work in 2016 without increasing your tax liability, you should consider the small benefit exemption. This allows you to give your employees or directors a voucher or a benefit (a tangible asset other than cash),...
What is it? Paternity leave gives new parents (other than the mother of the child) the right to claim two weeks’ paternity leave in respect of children born or adopted on or after 1st September 2016. It can be claimed by employees and self-employed individuals,...
From September 12th 2016, any new employees you hire must register their new employment with Revenue through a new online service called Jobs and Pension Service, accessible through myAccount. What should my new employees do? Your new employees must: 1) Go to...
