Grant Thornton

Lobbying Organisation Grant Thornton

Date published 18 May, 2021

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Taxation

Period 1 Jan, 2021 to 30 Apr, 2021

Specific Details Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme (TWSS) - results of survey of CCAB-1 members and requests for guidance, clarification and changes.

Intended results To provide Revenue with fair representation of extent of issues surrounding payment of TWSS tax. Requesting additional Revenue guidance, facility for employers to pay employees TWSS tax liabilities, extension of associated timelines, extension of facility to spread payments to self-assessed tax payers, and similar technical requests for guidance, clarification and changes.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Peter Vale (Partner, Grant Thornton)

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.

Letter (1)

05/03/2020 letter by Peter Vale (Partner, Grant Thornton) as Chair of CCAB-I Tax Committee to Declan Rigney of the Revenue Commissioners. Letter follow-up to Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme (TWSS) related discussions in preceding Tax Administration Liaison Committee (TALC). Letter sent on results of survey of CCAB-1 members, and requests for guidance and changes re: TWSS. Letter aimed to provide Revenue with fair representation of extent of issues surrounding payment of TWSS tax. Requesting additional Revenue guidance, facility for employers to pay employees TWSS tax liabilities, extension of associated timelines (to pay TWSS before BIK imposed), extension of facility to spread payments to self-assessed tax payers, and similar technical requests for guidance and extensions. Letter not directly on behalf of Grant Thornton or client(s) of Grant Thornton.

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.

Declan Rigney Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)