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Regulations made in 2008 require Government Agencies and larger companies to file returns and make payments to the Revenue online, using Revenue Online Services (ROS).

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Employers who pay the statutory redundancy entitlement and give proper notice of redundancy are entitled to a 60% rebate from the Social Insurance Fund, into which they make regular payments themselves through PRSI contributions.

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Republic of Ireland: Employer PAYE - Employer’s Guide to PAYE updated

A new version of the Employer’s Guide to PAYE has been published by Revenue. A Table showing all of the changes made to the previous version (dated 26 February 2008) is also available.

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On 298 May 2009, representatives of the Governments of Ireland and Moldova signed a Double Taxation Convention, with comprehensive provisions relating to the taxation of income and gains.

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On 20 November, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Georgian Minister of Foreign Affairs signed an Agreement for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income. Negotiations for an Agreement with Georgia took place in Tbilisi in May, 2007.

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Republic of Ireland: Income Levy - Guidance for employers published

The 2009 Budget included the introduction of a new income levy from 1 January 2009, to be paid by employees and by the self-employed on top of the income tax they already pay and collected by employers.

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Revenue has made a new electronic Tax Deduction Card (TDC) available for the use of employers. This facility helps employers maintain a complete employee deduction record of all employees’ pay, tax and PRSI details and is intended to replace the paper TDC used by some employers.

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On 14 November, the Irish and Maltese Ambassadors to Italy signed in Rome a Convention for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income.  The signing of this Convention completes Ireland’s network of bilateral tax agreements with other EU Member States.

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During 2006 and 2007, businesses making total annual PAYE/PRSI payments of up to €28,800 became eligible to make their payments on a quarterly rather than monthly basis.  The same simplified arrangements are being extended to include newly eligible customers from 1 January 2009.

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Most large companies will have to pay over taxes and file all of their various tax returns electronically by January 2010.

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