Chartered Accountants Ireland News

Calling all members - Please help circulate new Institute video

Calling all members - Please help circulate new Institute video
Chartered Accountants Professional Development Relaunch

Professional development refers to skills and knowledge required to achieve personal development goals and career advancement. Yes you still have to meet CPD regulations but why waste limited training budgets just ticking boxes when you could achieve so much more for you and / or your employer.
Austria and Luxembourg Block the Commission from Negotiating Savings Taxation Agreements with Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Andorra and San Marino
Austria and Luxembourg voted against proposals to give the Commission a mandate to start negotiations on the revision of agreements on taxation of savings at the Economic and Finance Ministers Council held in Brussels on Tuesday. Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Algirdas Šemeta said that he was extremely frustrated by Austria and Luxemburg's actions, noting that  - 'tackling tax evasion is...
Consultation on Simpler Income Tax for Self-employed and Small Partnerships

Chartered Accountants News - 18th April 2012
Reminder: One more day to the 2011-12 Employer Annual Return deadline

Chartered Accountants Tax News - 18th May 2012
Fiscal Compact and Corporation Tax

Chartered Accountants Tax News - 18th May 2012
Payments from the Department of Social Protection May Now Appear on Pre-Populated ROS Form 11

Chartered Accountants tax News - 18th April 2012
Corporate Social Responsibility: A Guide, with Irish Experiences - Publishing Soon
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is the subject of widespread debate, which tends to centre on its integrity. Are the initiatives ‘genuine’, or are they motivated by a firm’s desire to enhance its reputation? Does it matter what the motivation is, as long as some improvements are made? In this new book, published by Chartered Accountants Ireland, Sheila Killian asks: • What exactly is CSR?...
IASB concludes the 2009-2011 Annual Improvements cycle
The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) today issued Annual Improvements 2009–2011 Cycle, a collection of amendments to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs), in response to six issues addressed during the 2009–2011 cycle, as its latest set of annual improvements. The IASB uses the Annual Improvements process to make necessary, but non-urgent, amendments to IFRSs that...
IAASA Information Note
Based on certain issues that have been identified during the course of the Authority’s financial reporting review activities, the Authority has published an Information Note on financial reporting considerations relevant to the disclosure requirements of the European Communities (Takeover Bids (Directive 2004/25/EC)) Regulations 2006.   See Regulations 2006.  The purpose of the Information Note...
ECJ Rules against Italian Laws on Third Party Tax Collection

Chartered Accountants Tax News - 14th May 2012
ECJ Finds France's UCITS Dividend Tax Rules in Breach of EU Law

Chartered Accountants Tax News - 14th May 2012
The VALUE ADDED Tax qualification - Chartered Tax Consultant

Chartered Accountants Tax News - 12th May 2012
Latest List of Tax Exempt Bodies Published

Chartered Accountants Tax News - 12th May 2012
Tax Issues Feature in Chartered Accountants Ireland’s Annual Conference

Chartered Accountants Tax News - 12th May 2012
Employment-Related Shares & Securities Bulletin

Chartered Accountants Tax News - 14th May 2012
Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) compensation payments

Chartered Accountants Tax News - 14th May 2012
How are HMRC doing? A summary of 2011-12 performance

Chartered Accountants Tax News - 12th May 2012
IR35 guidance: Business Entity tests and Example scenarios

Chartered Accountants Tax News - 14th May 2012
Reminder: Employer Annual Return due by 19 May 2012

Chartered Accountants Tax News - 14th May 2012
VAT on Face Value Vouchers anti-avoidance legislation announced

Chartered Accountants Tax News - 14th May 2012
CRO News
Increased ODCE prosecution activity in auditor cases
ECJ Finds France's UCITS Dividend Tax Rules in Breach of EU Law

Chartered Accountants Tax News - 11th May 2012
Reminder: Employer Annual Return due by 19 May 2012

Chartered Accountants Tax News - 11th May 2012
Tax Issues Feature in Chartered Accountants Ireland’s Annual Conference

Chartered Accountants Tax News - 11th May 2012
Exclusively for 2012 Conference Attendees – 20% off all Published Titles
To coincide with our 2012 annual conference, we are offering 20% off all published titles exclusively for 2012 conference attendees – offer ends Friday, 11 May 2012. Published titles include: The Valuation of Businesses and Shares, by Des Peelo A Practical Guide to Insolvency, by Kavanagh Fennell Accounting and Reporting by Charities in the Republic of Ireland, by Teresa Harrington Client...
Chartered Accountants Ireland submission to ASB on FREDs 46 to 48_Future of Financial Reporting in the UK and Ireland

Chartered Accountants Ireland submission to ASB on FREDs 46 to 48_Future of Financial Reporting in the UK and Ireland
Toolkits Updated

Chartered Accountants Tax News - 8th May 2012
Commission Proposes New Rules for Collecting Excise Duties

Chartered Accountants Tax News - 8th May 2012
Commission Publishes Explanatory Notes on Financial Transaction Tax

Chartered Accountants Tax News - 8th May 2012
Chartered Accountants Ireland Annual Conference

Chartered Accountants Tax News - 8th May 2012
Public Consultation on Tax Residence Rules

Chartered Accountants Tax News - 8th May 2012
Exchequer Returns

Chartered Accountants Tax News - 8th May 2012
Senior Accounting Officer (SAO) guidance updated

Chartered Accountants Tax News - 8th May 2012
2012 VAT Notes Budget Supplement

Chartered Accountants Tax News - 8th May 2012
The Gift Aid Small Donation Scheme: second public meeting

Chartered Accountants Tax News - 8th May 2012
Trusts & Estates Newsletter

Chartered Accountants Tax News - 8th May 2012
Update on Daily Penalty Notices Issued in Error

Chartered Accountants Tax News - 8th May 2012
Your Institute in the media this week – Exchequer tax returns and the Shadow economy
Director of Tax at Chartered Accountants Ireland, Brian Keegan was interviewed on  Morning Ireland on RTE radio, in connection with the latest Exchequer tax return figures (link above).

Special Offer for Chartered Tax Consultants
From the Chartered Tax Library, the 2012 editions of the four key Irish Tax Acts updated to and including Finance Act 2012 will be available in June 2012 at a special price for Chartered Tax Consultants:   Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 2012 Edition -  €76.50 (List price €90) Capital Acquisitions Act 2003 & Stamp Duties Consolidation Act 1999 2012 Edition - €51 (List price €60) Value-Added Tax...
The VALUE ADDED Tax qualification - Chartered Tax Consultant
Do you have an existing tax qualification but feel now is the time to refresh and develop this further? We welcome applications from those who previously studied tax and would like to join our participants on the Integrated Tax Consultancy programme which starts on 8th June. There are no compromises in this programme, it has been built exclusively for Chartered Accountants, developing and...
Chartered Tax Consultant – Applied Tax Exams (no link)
The exams for Applied Tax of the Chartered Tax Consultant programme 2012 took place last Friday and Saturday. These exams covered the first 8 modules of this professional tax qualification programme. The final 12 modules, Integrated Tax Consultancy, commence on June 8th.

Chartered Accountants Ireland's FDI Initiative to launch next Friday
  Chartered Accountants Ireland's FDI Initiative and Guide will be launched next Friday 11th May at the Annual Conference by Minister Richard Bruton TD. This is part of the Institute’s efforts to support the promotion of Ireland as a location of choice for FDI business. The guide will be included in next Friday's eNews 11th May. A central part of the initiative is leveraging our network of 21,0...
Commission Proposes New Rules for Collecting Excise Duties
New rules aimed at improving the collection of excise duties and improving Member States' controls on excise revenue have been proposed by the Commission. According to the Commission, the new regulation would facilitate the computerised Excise Movement and Control System (EMCS) introduced in April 2010. Currently, part of the information exchange between Member States on the movement of excise...
Special Offer on ‘Crack the Books’
Ideal as a gift for clients setting up and managing their own businesses, Crack the Books is an easy-to-follow guide to book-keeping for the non-accountant. Contents include: Book-keeping Basics The Financial Statements Tax Payroll Budgeting Bank/Loans/Overdrafts As a special promotion to members of Chartered Accountants Ireland , we are offering this book for €19.99 (normal price €29.99). The...
Update on Daily Penalty Notices Issued in Error
HMRC have provided us with an update on recent press coverage about Self-Assessment (SA) daily penalty notices being sent out in error. HMRC apologise for the situation and provide the following update to help deal with any questions that may arise. HMRC have identified that nearly 12,000 people have been sent a SA daily penalty notice in error. They wish to reassure these customers that HMRC...
Toolkits Updated
At the recent HMRC seminars, there was some evidence that members are not familiar with HMRC's online toolkits. Covered on a number of occasions by Chartered Accountants Tax News, the Toolkits have been developed by HMRC with the intention of helping reduce common errors when completing returns. HMRC has now published eight updated Toolkits, those covering Capital Gains Taxes and Trusts and...
Exchequer Returns
While April is by no means the busiest time of the year for tax receipts, tax collection as reflected in the Exchequer returns seems to be holding up. The most important taxes, Income Tax and VAT are marginally ahead of expectations. The apparent very strong performance of Corporation Tax to the end of April in percentage terms is not significant, relative to the expectations for the Corporatio...