Grant Thornton

Lobbying Organisation Grant Thornton

Date published 20 Jan, 2022

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Taxation

Period 1 Sep, 2021 to 31 Dec, 2021

Specific Details Letter by Peter Vale (Partner, Grant Thornton) as Chair of CCAB-I Tax Committee to Chairman of the Board of the Revenue Commissioners to make representations on Local Property Tax (LPT) self-assessment. Activity not directly on behalf of Grant Thornton or client(s) of Grant Thornton.

Intended results Letter noted deletion of Section 15 of the Local Property Taxes Act 2012 and sought confirmation from the Revenue that they would continue to accept LPT self-assessments on the same terms as Section 15.

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)

06/10/2021 Letter (sent by email) by Peter Vale (Partner, Grant Thornton) as Chair of CCAB-I Tax Committee to Chairman of the Board of the Revenue Commissioners to make representations on Local Property Tax (LPT) self-assessment. Letter welcomed Revenue Commissioners excellent work re: information provision on LPT compliance obligations for 2022. Letter noted deletion of Section 15 of the Local Property Taxes Act 2012 and requested Revenue confirmation that it will administer LPT on the basis that it will not seek to displace a LPT self-assessment made by a taxpayer based on Revenue guidelines where that taxpayer submits a return and pays LPT on time (i.e. on the same terms as Section 15). Activity 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)