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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Employment Support Services (5 Oct 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: I am aware of the difficulties being experienced by the arts sector due to the cost and availability of insurance. However, as the Deputy will be aware, neither I nor the Central Bank of Ireland can interfere in the provision or pricing of insurance products, nor do we have the power to direct insurance companies to provide cover to specific businesses or individuals. This position is...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Housing Schemes (5 Oct 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: The Help to Buy (HTB) incentive is a scheme to assist first-time purchasers with the deposit they need to buy or build a new house or apartment. The incentive gives a refund on Income Tax and Deposit Interest Retention Tax (DIRT) paid in the State over the previous four years, subject to limits outlined in the legislation. Section 477C Taxes Consolidation Act (TCA) 1997 outlines the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (5 Oct 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: I am aware of concerns that have been raised regarding the pace of recovery for the arts sector. However, the position is that the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS) is an economy wide support. The objective of EWSS is to support all employment and to maintain the link between the employer and employee insofar as is possible. The scheme is open to all businesses, provided the business...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (5 Oct 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: Section 28B of the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 provides for the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS) which is an economy-wide enterprise support for eligible businesses. EWSS provides a flat-rate subsidy to qualifying employers, based on the number of qualifying employees on the payroll. To date, €4.9bn has been paid out under the scheme to 51,500...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (5 Oct 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: The Debt Warehousing Scheme remains available to support businesses that are experiencing tax payment difficulties arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. The scheme, which has to date provided €2.6 billion in liquidity to approximately 95,000 businesses, applies to VAT debts, PAYE (Employer) debts, certain self-assessed income tax debts and overpayments of both the Temporary Wage Subsidy...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (5 Oct 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: The Covid Restrictions Support Scheme (CRSS) is provided for in section 11 of the Finance Act 2020. To qualify under the scheme a business must, under specific terms of the Covid restrictions, be required to either prohibit or significantly restrict customers from accessing their business premises to acquire goods or services, with the result that the business either has to temporarily close...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (5 Oct 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: The purpose of the Stay and Spend scheme was to provide targeted support to businesses within the hospitality sector whose operations are likely to have been most affected by continued restrictions on public health grounds. The scheme ended on 30 April. Since 1 October 2020, a total of 67,982 receipts have been uploaded to the Revenue Receipts Tracker, as at 29 September 2021. The...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (5 Oct 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware, section 118(5G) of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (TCA 1997) provides for the Cycle to Work scheme. This scheme provides an exemption from benefit-in-kind (BIK) where an employer purchases a bicycle and associated safety equipment for an employee and was introduced in 2009. The cycle to work scheme operates on a self-administration basis. Relief is...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (5 Oct 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: Revenue has published an initial set of statistics in relation to Local Property Tax (LPT) for 2022, which is available on the Revenue website. These statistics include Revenue’s projected estimate of the 2022 receipts, which stands at €538m, taking account of the rate adjustment decisions of Local Authorities. I am advised that these estimates are based on Revenue’s...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (5 Oct 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that property owners are required to self-assess the value of their properties at 1 November 2021 for Local Property Tax (LPT) purposes. This valuation will determine the amount of LPT they pay for the next ‘valuation period’ which runs from 2022 to 2025 inclusive. Revenue has provided an ‘interactive valuation tool’and other guidance on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (5 Oct 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: As Minister for Finance I have no role in commercial decisions made by banks. This includes a bank’s decision as to whether or not an account should be opened for an individual or business. The Central Bank has also confirmed that it has no specific powers in relation to this matter and that it cannot become involved in commercial arrangements between banks and their customers....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Asset Management Agency (5 Oct 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 164 and 165 together. NAMA originally issued €1.593 billion in subordinated debt in consideration for 5% of the loans it acquired from the participating institutions. Payment of interest and ultimate redemption of this debt was subject to NAMA’s financial performance. NAMA’s profits have substantially exceeded the subordinated debt...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (5 Oct 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 166 to 168, inclusive, together. The Financial Institutions ("Bank") Levy was introduced for the three-year period 2014 to 2016 with the purpose of enabling the banking sector to contribute to economic recovery. In the Finance Act 2016 the Levy was extended until 2021. That extension had been subject to a review being undertaken of the methodology used to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (5 Oct 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that the estimates provided in my response to Parliamentary Question No. 446 were on the basis of net taxable gains returned and therefore after the impact of farm restructuring relief and retirement relief. They did not include any potential additional yield from increasing the rate for individuals claiming entrepreneur relief from 10% to 40%. As information on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (5 Oct 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that it is not yet possible to accurately report the cost of tax relief associated with pension contributions reported on employer returns. Some of these taxpayers will be jointly assessed, as such their incomes and reliefs are combined with their partner’s in calculating their tax liability. For such jointly assessed taxpayer units, either of the spouses...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (5 Oct 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: Mineral Oil Tax (MOT) applies to minerals oils used for motor or heating purposes in the State. The rate of MOT is comprised of a carbon and non-carbon component. I am advised by Revenue that Section 98 of Finance Act 1999 provides for a partial relief for MOT for heavy oil and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) used in horticultural production and the cultivation of mushrooms. Heavy oil refers...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (5 Oct 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: An Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) is an investment fund that is traded on a regulated stock exchange. There is no separate taxation regime specifically for ETFs. Being collective investment funds, they generally come within the regimes set out in the TCA 1997 for such funds. The normal tax treatment afforded to Irish collective investment funds is that the funds invested are allowed to grow...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (5 Oct 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: Proposals for new or amended tax measures are assessed in accordance with my Department's Tax Expenditure Guidelines. These make clear that it is important that any policy proposal which involves tax expenditures should only occur in limited circumstances, for example where there are demonstrable market failures. In particular, they provide that a tax-based incentive should only be considered...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (5 Oct 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: In the absence of any reference at the Public Accounts Committee meeting on 28th September 2021 to a settlement made by the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority with the Revenue Commissioners, I am taking it that the Deputy is referring to the issue of a salary overpayment at that agency which was one of the issues discussed at the meeting. On that basis, I can confirm that in the past five...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (5 Oct 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 175, 178, 179, 182, 183, 185, 210 and 211 together. I am advised by Revenue that the VAT rating of goods and services is subject to EU VAT law, with which Irish VAT law must comply. Farmers may elect to register for VAT or be treated as flat-rate farmers for VAT purposes. Farmers that are registered for VAT have an entitlement to reclaim VAT charged on...