Insights

Discover how US tax reforms and EU developments could reshape trade, taxation and strategy for Irish and European businesses.

Read our fourth review of the EU Direct Tax Initiatives: helping you keep up to date with what is in the pipeline and how it may impact your business.

Understand the impact of new US tariffs on EU goods. Learn how to mitigate risks, reduce duties and protect your global supply chain.

Understand the Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT) and its impact on landowners in Ireland. Learn about tax rates, exemptions, valuation methods, and key deadlines for 2025. Stay compliant and minimise liabilities with expert insights from Grant Thornton.

Ireland represents a strategic European base because of our pro-business, low corporate tax environment and skilled workforce. As a result of these and other factors, more than 1,600 multinational companies have chosen Ireland as their investment platform.

Sasha Kerins and Monique Pisters discuss current issues impacting EU direct tax initiatives, including the UN’s potential future role in international taxation, Pillar I & DST’s and the HOT, TP and FASTER proposals.

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.

Navigate the changes in EU tax regulations with BEFIT and Transfer Pricing proposals, aiming for harmonisation, fair taxation, and reduced compliance burdens.

Irish Revenue published a new tax and duty manual Part 35a-01-05 – Requests for TP Documentation (‘TDM’) in December 2023. The TDM serves as a policy document to ensure that the Transfer Pricing Audit Branches (‘TP Audit Branches’) take a consistent approach when requesting TP documentation from taxpayers for risk assessment. Read our latest insights and stay informed with the latest Transfer Pricing updates.

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 (EC) has adopted key initiatives, which aim to reduce compliance costs for large businesses operating across the European Union. The BEFIT proposal introduces a single set of rules to determine the tax base for large businesses that operate out of more than one Member State.