Chartered Accountants Ireland

Politician(s) lobbied: James Lawless (Minister), Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science; Marian Harkin (Minister of State), Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science

Intent: Contribute member perspectives at the Professional Services Roundtable, with a focus on solutions to close the skills gaps in the sector today, the key barriers to closing them, what the government should do differently or faster, and the role industry can play.

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Jeanette Doonan (Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades), The Office of the Revenue Commissioners

Intent: To provide clearer guidance for Section 110 companies and confirmation of the tax treatment of dividend withholding tax under Schedule 24A for section 110 companies.

Methods: SubmissionVirtual Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Jeanette Doonan (Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades), The Office of the Revenue Commissioners

Intent: To facilitate clearer Revenue guidance on the anti-hybrid rules relating to loss-making branches and the double deduction rules in thecontext of non-trapped loss situations.

Methods: Virtual Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Unknown

Intent: To provide our pre-Budget 2027 Submission to all members of the Oireachtas to inform the overall debate and direction of travel ahead of the annual Budget.

Methods: Unknown

Politician(s) lobbied: Maureen O’Sullivan (Registrar of Companies), Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation

Intent: That the Registrar would be a guest speaker at a Chartered Accountants Ireland event to discuss the recommencing of striking companies off the register.

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Clare Costello (Assistant Secretary), Department of Finance

Intent: To convey our concerns to the Department of Finance following the release of proposals for a system of eWHT. We recommended delaying further developments until more robust stakeholder engagement has taken place.

Methods: Letter

Politician(s) lobbied: Simon Harris (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Finance

Intent: To convey Chartered Accountants Ireland's recommendations for Budget 2027 regarding amendments proposed to the Tax Acts.

Methods: Letter

Politician(s) lobbied: Jeanette Doonan (Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades), The Office of the Revenue Commissioners

Intent: To facilitate clearer Revenue guidance for share exchange reliefs.

Methods: Virtual Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Jeanette Doonan (Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades), The Office of the Revenue Commissioners

Intent: To facilitate simplification and better guidance for S110 companies.

Methods: Virtual Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Jeanette Doonan (Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades), The Office of the Revenue Commissioners

Intent: To ensure that the meaning of “associated entities” is consistent across Revenue guidance materials.

Methods: Virtual Meeting