Grant Thornton

Lobbying Organisation Grant Thornton

Date published 20 Sep, 2021

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Taxation

Period 1 May, 2021 to 31 Aug, 2021

Specific Details Letter to Chairman, The Office of the Revenue Commissioners. Welcoming the extension of the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS), flagging potential issues re: the new monthly EWSS Eligibility Review Form (requesting extension, etc.)

Intended results Improvements to the implementation of the EWSS and the new monthly EWSS Eligibility Review Form (including an associated extension).

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Peter Vale (Partner, Grant Thornton) - in capacity as Chair of the CCAB-I Tax Committee

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)

23/07/2021 letter by Peter Vale (Partner, Grant Thornton) as Chair of CCAB-I Tax Committee to Niall Cody (Chairman, The Office of the Revenue Commissioners). Letter welcomed the extension of the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS). Letter also flagged potential issues in relation to the new requirement for employers to complete a monthly EWSS Eligibility Review Form on ROS to avail of EWSS supports. Request for the requirement to submit the EWSS Eligibility Review Form for June and July be extended to September. Also request that the requirement to provide actual monthly VAT exclusive turnover or customer order values for 2019 be amended to accept the total turnover or customer order values for 2019. 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.

Niall Cody Chairman (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)