Irish SME Association
Intent: Removal of the 'on or before' requirement in Revenue reporting of the small benefit exemption
Details: Amendment of Section 897C of the Finance Act 2022
Intent: Removal of the 'on or before' requirement in Revenue reporting of the small benefit exemption
Details: Amendment of Section 897C of the Finance Act 2022
Intent: Sought variation on qualifying sales for Section 56 Export VAT, review of entrepreneurial incentives, tax treatment of ETFs
Details: Review of missed opportunities in Budget 2026
Intent: To seek additional funding, supports and provisions for businesses, including Budget measures, competitiveness initiatives, AI adoption, Grow Digital Voucher reform, and related public funding.
Details: Funding and supports for digital businesses.
Intent: Inclusion of accessible funding for independent radio sector in Budget, as well as measures to ensure existing funding could be accessed. Fair share of Sound and Vision funding to be allocated to independent radio.::Measures to ensure a level playing field in regulatory and legislative terms for independent stations and fair application of State Aid in the media landscape, as well as unrestricted and prominent access for listeners to radio in vehicles or on devices or platforms. ::Budget allocation for accessible funding for investment in capital and maintenance of emergency communications transmission equipment.::Attendance invited for event aimed at highlighting need to protect prominent access for radio, and arrangement of meetings and highlighting IBI policy priorities
Details: Advocating for fair, proportionate and accessible funding for the public service content on independent radio stations in the Budget and in policy discussions. Seeking level playing field.
Intent: Request to consider our budget submission in relation to excise on tobacco products in Budget 2026.
Details: Budget Submission
Intent: clear guidance to local authorities on the appropriate application of the Karshan Five-Step test to visual artists who are making and showing their own work; andEnsuring that any implementation of payroll requirements does not inadvertently override the legitimate self-employed status of professional artists or undermine existing supports such as the Artists’ Exemption.
Details: Tax treatment of visual artists engaged by local authorities
Intent: Handed Association of Farm & Foresty Contrators in Ireland (FCI) Budget Submission
Details: Budget Submission - Budget Breakfast with Minister Paschal Donohoe Fina
Intent: We intended to secure sufficient investment into third level funding issues.
Details: Budget 2026
Intent: Inclusion of measures to benefit older people in Budget 2026
Details: Submission on Budget 2026
Intent: Awareness for funding for people with disabilities.
Details: St Michael's House Lobbying