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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Wage Subsidy Scheme (9 Sep 2020)

Paschal Donohoe: The Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS) was legislated for in the recently enacted Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Act 2020. The objective of the EWSS is to support employment and maintain the link between the employer and employee insofar as is possible, as well as enabling employers scale back up their business. The EWSS provides a flat-rate subsidy to qualifying employers...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ministerial Meetings (9 Sep 2020)

Paschal Donohoe: In the past six months I have spoken directly with my Australian counterpart on one occasion, by phone on the 30thJuly. This call is an example of ongoing dialogue between Finance Minister counterparts across all countries, which has become ever more important during the current Covid-19 pandemic and its associated impact on international travel and engagement. This engagement provided an...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Exchequer Deficit (9 Sep 2020)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 96, 105, 107 and 108 together. As the Deputy will be aware, the unprecedented economic situation of the last six months has meant that medium-term economic and fiscal forecasts are subject to an exceptional level of uncertainty. My Department’s most recent official forecasts, published in the Stability Programme Update, were, accordingly,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Wage Subsidy Scheme (9 Sep 2020)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 97 and 98 together. Between March and August 2020, over 65,000 employers have received a subsidy under the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme (TWSS) with payments worth over €2.8 billion paid out to a total of 663,100 workers. The average monthly cost is around €500m which would be the expected cost per month if the measure was to be retained beyond...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Research and Development (9 Sep 2020)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that information in respect of the Research and Development (R&D) tax credit is available at: . This includes the cost of payable tax credits for each of the relevant years. The most recent year for which returns have been filed is 2018. It is not possible to accurately predict the yield from ending the payable element of the R&D credit, as information...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (9 Sep 2020)

Paschal Donohoe: Section 604A of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 provides relief, from CGT for property purchased in any state in the European Economic Area between 7 December 2011 and 31 December 2014, on any gain in respect of the disposal where that property is held for 7 years. Consequently, the gain attributed to that 7-year period will not attract CGT. Finance Act 2017 amended the relief, providing...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Carbon Tax Yield (9 Sep 2020)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that the pre-Budget 2021 Ready Reckoner, published at: , shows on page 21 the estimated yield from increasing Carbon Tax by a range of amounts including €1 and €10 per tonne.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Cycle to Work Scheme (9 Sep 2020)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 102 and 103 together. As I have said in response to a number of parliamentary questions, most recently PQ no. 10942/20 on 16 June 2020, the cycle to work scheme operates on a self-administration basis. Relief is automatically available provided the employer is satisfied that the conditions of their particular scheme meet the requirements of the legislation....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (9 Sep 2020)

Paschal Donohoe: Revenue prepares an annual report on the High Income Individuals’ Restriction (HIIR), which is published at . Table 3 on page 10 of the analysis for 2017 shows, in relation to each specified relief, the number of individuals subject to the Restriction who declared that they used the relief. It also includes the amount of the relief declared as used by those individuals. I expect that...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pensions Data (9 Sep 2020)

Paschal Donohoe: The pre-Budget 2021 Ready Reckoner is available on Revenue’s website at the link: . It includes, on page 11, the estimated yield from reducing the maximum tax relief available on private pension contributions to 20%. The Ready Reckoner shows that if tax relief on private pension contributions was reduced from the marginal rate of 40% to the standard rate of 20% it is estimated it...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Wage Subsidy Scheme (9 Sep 2020)

Paschal Donohoe: The Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS) is an economy-wide enterprise support that gives a flat rate subsidy to qualifying employers. It is not an income support for the individual so it is ultimately up to the employer to claim the subsidy, if they qualify. The EWSS was legislated for in the recently enacted Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Act 2020. The eligibility criteria...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Rental Sector (8 Sep 2020)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that income arising from the provision of short term accommodation through online websites is subject to tax and the amount of taxable income is computed and charged to tax in the normal manner. Where the accommodation is provided as part of a trade carried on by the taxpayer, the income is taxable under Case I of Schedule D of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997.However,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Wage Subsidy Scheme (8 Sep 2020)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 256, 278 and 290 together. The Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS) was legislated for in the recently enacted Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Act 2020. The EWSS provides a flat-rate subsidy to qualifying employers, based on the number of qualifying employees on the payroll. Under the legislation as enacted, proprietary directors are not qualifying...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Wage Subsidy Scheme (8 Sep 2020)

Paschal Donohoe: The Temporary Wages Subsidy Scheme (TWSS) was legislated for in section 28 of the recently enacted Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020. Of necessity, the underlying legislation and the scheme itself were developed very quickly, having regard to the overarching, urgent Government objective of getting much needed financial assistance to employers and employees, where...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme (8 Sep 2020)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that the cost of extending the additional 5% increase of the Help to Buy scheme (and €30,000 maximum cap), that was introduced in the July stimulus package on 23 July, to all claims approved between 1 March 2020 and 22 July 2020 is estimated to be in the region of €13m. In relation to the proposition that the scheme should be extended to include all...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme (8 Sep 2020)

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 of Income Tax and Deposit Interest Retention Tax (DIRT) paid in Ireland over the previous four years, subject to limits outlined in the legislation. The Government recently announced a temporary enhancement to the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Rebates (8 Sep 2020)

Paschal Donohoe: Section 469 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 provides for relief at the standard rate of income tax (currently 20%) on certain health expenses incurred in the provision of health care. The provision of tax relief at the standard rate ensures that all taxpayers are treated equally regardless of whether they pay tax at the standard or higher rate. For the purposes of the section...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Travel Trade Sector (8 Sep 2020)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 261, 262, 264 and 269 together. Many of the strictest public health restrictions on the economy have been eased so it is appropriate that the level of State subsidy be moderated, while also recognising that economic outputs are unlikely to return to normal for many businesses for much of the rest of 2020 because of the continued need to observe some...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vehicle Registration Tax (8 Sep 2020)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 263 and 312 together. As the Deputies will be aware, it is a long-standing practice of the Minister for Finance not to comment, in advance of the Budget, on any tax matters that might be the subject of Budget decisions.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Wage Subsidy Scheme (8 Sep 2020)

Paschal Donohoe: Our whole economy and labour market have been rapidly transformed by the unprecedented shock of COVID-19 and nearly all sectors have been negatively impacted either directly or indirectly this year. As a result, the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS) has been deliberately designed as an economy wide measure, open to all sectors as was also the case for preceding Temporary Wage Subsidy...