Irish Tax Institute

Lobbying Organisation Irish Tax Institute

Date published 21 Sep, 2023

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Taxation

Period 1 May, 2023 to 31 Aug, 2023

Specific Details Meeting of the TALC Direct/ Capital Taxes Sub-committee. (The minutes of this meeting have been published by TALC).

Intended results To gain a better understanding of the technical and administrative issues related to direct and capital taxes.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Clare McGuinness

Did any Designated Public Official(DPO) or former Designated Public Official(DPO) carry out lobbying activities on your behalf in relation to this return? You must include yourself, and answer Yes, if you are a current DPO or a DPO at any time in the past. (What is a Designated Public Official?) No

Did you manage or direct a grassroots campaign? No

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Meeting (2-5)

Meeting on 22 June 2023. Subgroup Meeting with Revenue and the Department of Finance to discuss leasing matters on 1 June 2023. Meeting of the Research and Development (R&D) Discussion Group to discuss tax technical and administrative issues relating to the R&D Tax Credit on 20 June 2023. Subgroup meeting with Revenue to discuss administrative issues and the implementation of the Residential Zoned Land Tax [RZLT] on 27 July 2023.

Submission (2-5)

Submission to Revenue and the Department of Finance on 16 June 2023 with feedback on issues identified at the meeting of the Leasing Working Group on 1 June 2023. Submission to R&D Discussion Group with feedback on the R&D Specified Return on 20 June. Submission to R&D Discussion Group with feedback on the draft Tax and Duty Manual on the R&D Tax Credit on 23 June. Further submission to R&D Discussion Group with feedback on the draft Tax and Duty Manual on the R&D Tax Credit on 27 June.

Email (1)

Follow-up email to Revenue and the Department of Finance on 8 August following meeting of the Leasing Working Group on 1 June 2023 and submission dated 16 June 2023.

Designated public officials lobbied

The following DPOs were lobbied during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area. These DPOs were involved in at least one of the Lobbying Activities listed above, but not necessarily all of them. As returns are specific to a Subject Matter Area the above Lobbying Activities may be associated with multiple returns.

Jeanette Doonan Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)