Joe Carey (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 185: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 103 of 17 April 2008, if in view of the fact that some small businesses continue to do their payroll manually, he will continue to issue tax deduction cards for the 45,000 workers affected if these cards are requested by individual employers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27427/08]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that, having regard to the position set out in the previous reply to the Deputy, it is still their intention to cease the issue of TDCs from Jan 2009. To accommodate those Employers requiring a TDC after this date Revenue intends to provide an enhanced version of the existing TDC on their website www.revenue.ie later this year. This will allow an Employer to enter Employee details and automatically calculate the weekly/fortnightly/monthly deductions as they were previously shown on the TDC. This web based TDC can then be printed and used in the same way as the existing TDC.

Revenue will continue to issue paper Tax Credit Certificates to Employers who are currently receiving TDCs. These certificates contain all the information required to enable an Employer to operate the PAYE system.

Revenue will continue to remind Employers that TDCs will be discontinued from January 2009 and to inform them of the options they will have in relation to receiving pay and tax details for their Employees from that date. An Employer who is seeking further information or assistance on this matter should contact the Employers Helpline at 1890 25 45 65.