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Prepare for the CRS amendments under DAC8. Learn essential compliance steps for financial institutions ahead of the 2026 reporting deadline.

On 2 October 2024, the OECD released the Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF) schema, standardising digital asset transaction reporting under DAC8 from 2026.

Download our simple guide for Irish tax rates, credits and filing deadlines, as well as a summary of the key Irish tax reliefs, for 2024. This guide is updated to include amendments made by Finance Act 2023.

On 22 December 2023, the Irish Government published SI 650 and SI 651 of 2023, two statutory instruments transposing into law the EU CESOP Directive that introduces new record-keeping and reporting requirements for Payment Service Providers (PSPs).

DAC8 enters into force on 13 November 2023 and for the most part will come into effect for all EU Member States from 1 January 2026. Read the key measures introduced to enhance tax compliance and improve transparency.

On 17 October 2023, the Council of the EU adopted DAC8, the 7th amendment to the Directive on Administrative Cooperation (“DAC”) directive amending EU rules on administrative cooperation in the area of taxation. The Directive will enter into force on 13 November 2023, and Member States will have until 31 December 2025 to transpose the Directive into national law, after which the provisions would come into effect as of 1 January 2026.

The European Commission recently issued a proposal to amend the Directive on Administrative Cooperation (DAC) in the form of DAC8. The proposal extends the reporting obligations under the Directive to cover income or revenue streams generated from crypto-assets.

The European Commission recently published a proposal for a new EU Directive creating a debt-equity bias reduction allowance (‘DEBRA’) and further limitation of the deductibility of interest for corporate tax purposes. This initiative is part of the “EU strategy on business taxation”.

In recent years, there has been a global movement towards increased tax transparency, particularly following a number of high profile financial crises and scandals. Coupled with the growth in the digital economy as well as crypto-assets and e-money in particular, the European Union (EU) has proposed a new Directive on Administrative Cooperation (DAC) known as “DAC8”.

Is your business involved in both VAT exempt and VAT taxable activities with a 31 December accounting year end? If so, your annual VAT adjustment for 2021 is due to be submitted to Revenue on or before 23 July 2022.

The deadline for filing IREF returns for years ending July – December 2020 is on or before 30 July 2021. In June 2021, Revenue released an updated Form IREF which requires taxpayers to disclose additional information this year in comparison to prior years.

Certain Financial Institutions (‘FIs’) in Ireland are obliged to file both Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (‘FATCA’) and Common Reporting Standard (‘CRS’) reports by 30 June 2021 with Irish Revenue. Those with a reporting obligation, that is “Reporting Financial Institutions” (‘RFIs’) should compile and validate the reportable account information for inclusion on both the FATCA/CRS reports.