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Finance Act 2020

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This law, the Finance Act 2020, primarily deals with changes to various taxes, duties, and financial regulations in Ireland, including specific measures related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Amendment of section 192BA of Principal Act (exemption of certain payments made or authorised by Child and Family Agency) 5. Amendment of section 466 of Principal Act (dependent relative tax credit) 6. Exemption in respect of Mobility Allowance 7. Amendment of section 477C of Principal Act (help to buy) 8. Share scheme reporting 9. Amendment of section 472AB of Principal Act (earned income tax credit) 10. Amendment of section 472BB of Principal Act (sea-going naval personnel credit) Chapter 4 Income Tax, Corporation Tax and Capital Gains Tax 11. Covid Restrictions Support Scheme 12. Amendment of section 285A of Principal Act (acceleration of wear and tear allowances for certain energy-efficient equipment) 13. Amendment of Chapter 1 of Part 18 of Principal Act (payments in respect of professional services by certain persons) 14. Amendment of Part 11C of Principal Act (emissions-based limits on capital allowances and expenses for certain road vehicles) 15. Transfer Pricing 16. Amendment of Schedule 2 to Principal Act (machinery for assessment, charge and payment of tax under Schedule C and, in certain cases, Schedule D) 17. Acceleration of wear and tear allowances for farm safety equipment Chapter 5 Corporation Tax 18. Amendment of section 288 of Principal Act (balancing allowances and balancing charges) 19. Amendment of section 481 of Principal Act (relief for investment in films) 20. Amendment of Part 35B of Principal Act (controlled foreign companies) 21. Amendment of Part 35C of Principal Act (hybrid mismatches) 22. Amendment of section 769Q of Principal Act (application) Chapter 6 Capital Gains Tax 23. Amendment of section 541 of Principal Act (debts) 24. Amendment of section 597AA of Principal Act (revised entrepreneur relief) 25. Amendment of section 629 of Principal Act (deferral of exit tax) PART 2 Excise 26. Rates of tobacco products tax 27. Amendment of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of, and Schedules 2 and 2A to, Finance Act 1999 (mineral oil tax) 28. Amendment of section 67 of Finance Act 2010 (natural gas carbon tax) 29. Amendment of Chapter 3 of Part 3 of, and Schedule 1 to, Finance Act 2010 (solid fuel carbon tax) 30. Amendment of section 104 of Finance Act 2001 (reliefs) 31. Waiver of excise duty on renewal of certain liquor licences, public dancing licences and certificates of registration of clubs 32. Amendment of section 96 of Finance Act 2001 (interpretation (Part 2)) 33. Amendment of section 132 of Finance Act 1992 (charge of excise duty) 34. Amendment of section 135C of Finance Act 1992 (remission or repayment in respect of vehicle registration tax, etc.) 35. Amendment of Part I of Schedule to Act of 1952 36. Amendment of section 92 of Finance Act 1989 PART 3 Value-Added Tax 37. Interpretation (Part 3) 38. Amendment of section 2 of Principal Act (interpretation - general) 39. Amendment of section 46 of Principal Act (rates of tax) 40. Amendment of section 86 of Principal Act (special provisions for tax invoiced by flat-rate farmers) 41. Tax representative 42. Amendment of section 24, Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 of Principal Act 43. Food and drink 44. Amendment of Schedule 2 (zero-rated goods and services) to, and section 46 (rates of tax) of, Principal Act 45. Amendment of section 120 and Schedules 1 and 3 to Principal Act (accommodation) 46. Amendment of Schedules 2 and 3 to Principal Act PART 4 Stamp Duties 47. Interpretation (Part 4) 48. Amendment of section 31C of Principal Act (shares deriving value from immovable property situated in the State) 49. Amendment of section 81C of Principal Act (further farm consolidation relief) 50. Amendment of section 83D of Principal Act (repayment of stamp duty where land used for residential purposes) 51. Insurance regulations - stamp duty 52. Amendment of section 126AA of Principal Act (further levy on certain financial institutions) 53. Amendment of Schedule 1 to Principal Act (stamp duties on instruments) PART 5 Capital Acquisitions Tax 54. Interpretation (Part 5) 55. Amendment of section 46 of Principal Act (delivery of returns) 56. Amendments of Principal Act in relation to 4-year time limit on enquiries, assessments and repayments PART 6 Miscellaneous 57. Interpretation (Part 6) 58. Amendment of Principal Act (appeals to Appeals Commissioners) 59. Mandatory disclosure of certain transactions 60. Insurance regulations 61. Returns of certain payment card transactions by payment card providers 62. Amendments consequential on migration of shares to EU central securities depository 63. Amendment of Part 7 of Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 64. Amendment of Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 65. Covid-19: special warehousing and interest provisions (income tax) 66. Amendment of section 991B of Principal Act (Covid-19: special warehousing and interest provisions) 67. Amendment of section 114B of Value-Added Tax Consolidation Act 2010 (Covid-19: special warehousing and interest provisions) 68. Amendment of section 17C of Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (Covid-19: special warehousing and interest provisions for contributions) 69. Repayment or refund of payment made in excess of liability to tax assessed by taxpayer 70. Amendment of section 1001 of Principal Act (liability to tax, etc. of holder of fixed charge on book debts of company) 71. Amendment of section 1077E of Principal Act (penalty for deliberately or carelessly making incorrect returns, etc.) 72. Amendment of Part 3 of Schedule 26A to Principal Act (approval of body as eligible charity) 73. Amendment of section 908E of Principal Act (order to produce documents or provide information) 74. Miscellaneous technical amendments in relation to tax 75. Care and management of taxes and duties 76. Short title, construction and commencement SCHEDULE Miscellaneous Technical Amendments in Relation to Tax Acts Referred to Capital Acquisitions Tax Consolidation Act 2003 (No. 1) Central Bank Act 1971 (No. 24) Child Care Act 1991 (No. 17) Companies Act 2014 (No. 38) Customs Act 2015 (No. 18) Customs Consolidation Act 1876 (39 & 40 Vict., c.36.) Electricity Regulation Act 1999 (No. 23) Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 (No. 2) Finance (1909-10) Act 1910 (10 Edw. 7, c. 8) Finance (Excise Duties) (Vehicles) Act 1952 (No. 24) Finance (Local Property Tax) Act 2012 (No. 52) Finance Act 1980 (No. 14) Finance Act 1989 (No. 10) Finance Act 1992 (No. 9) Finance Act 1999 (No. 2) Finance Act 2000 (No. 3) Finance Act 2001 (No. 7) Finance Act 2005 (No. 5) Finance Act 2010 (No. 5) Finance Act 2019 (No. 45) Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Act 2020 (No. 8) Health Act 1947 (No. 28) Health Act 1970 (No. 1) Intoxicating Liquor (Breweries and Distilleries) Act 2018 (No. 17) Intoxicating Liquor (National Concert Hall) Act 1983 (No. 34) Intoxicating Liquor (National Conference Centre) Act 2010 (No. 9) Intoxicating Liquor Act 2003 (No. 31) Migration of Participating Securities Act 2019 (No. 50) National Cultural Institutions Act 1997 (No. 11) Post Office Savings Bank Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict., c. 14) Public Dance Halls Act 1935 (No. 2) Registration of Clubs (Ireland) Act 1904 (4 Edw. 7, c. 9) Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (No. 26) Stamp Duties Consolidation Act 1999 (No. 31) Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (No. 39) Value-Added Tax Consolidation Act 2010 (No. 31) Number 26 of 2020 FINANCE ACT 2020 An Act to provide for the imposition, repeal, remission, alteration and regulation of taxation, of stamp duties and of duties relating to excise and otherwise to make further provision in connection with finance including the regulation of customs; to amend Part 7 of the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 and otherwise make provision for supports to certain sectors of the economy; and to provide for related matters. [19th December, 2020] Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows: PART 1 Universal Social Charge, Income Tax, Corporation Tax and Capital Gains Tax Chapter 1 Interpretation Interpretation (Part 1) 1. In this Part “Principal Act” means the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 . Chapter 2 Universal Social Charge Amendment of section 531AN of Principal Act (rate of charge) 2.

(1)Section 531AN of the Principal Act is amended— (a) by substituting the following for subsection
(3): “
(3)Notwithstanding subsection
(1)and the Table to this section, where an individual is in receipt of aggregate income which does not exceed €60,000, is aged under 70 years and has full eligibility for services under Part IV of the Health Act 1970 , by virtue of sections 45 and 45A of that Act or Council Regulation (EC) No. 883/2004 of 29 April 20041 , the individual shall, instead of being charged to universal social charge on the part of aggregate income for the tax year concerned that exceeds €20,484 at the rate provided for in column
(2)of Part 1 of that Table, be charged on the amount of the excess at the rate of 2 per cent.”, (b) in subsection
(4), by the substitution of “2022” for “2021”, and (c) by substituting the following for Part 1 of the Table to that section: “Part 1 ”.
(2)Paragraphs (
  1. a)and (
  2. c)of subsection
(1)apply for the year of assessment 2020.
(3)Section 531AN of the Principal Act is amended— (a) by substituting the following for subsection
(3): “
(3)Notwithstanding subsection
(1)and the Table to this section, where an individual is in receipt of aggregate income which does not exceed €60,000, is aged under 70 years and has full eligibility for services under Part IV of the Health Act 1970 , by virtue of sections 45 and 45A of that Act or Council Regulation (EC) No. 883/2004 of 29 April 20042 , the individual shall, instead of being charged to universal social charge on the part of aggregate income for the tax year concerned that exceeds €20,687 at the rate provided for in column
(2)of Part 1 of that Table, be charged on the amount of the excess at the rate of 2 per cent.”, and (b) by substituting the following for Part 1 of the Table to that section: “Part 1 ”.
(4)Subsection
(3)applies for the year of assessment 2021 and each subsequent year of assessment. Chapter 3 Income Tax Amendment of section 126 of Principal Act (tax treatment of certain benefits payable under Social Welfare Acts) 3.
(1)Section 126 of the Principal Act is amended— (a) in subsection
(3)(
  1. a)— (
  2. i)by inserting the following subparagraph after subparagraph (iia): “(iib) the payments, commonly known as the pandemic unemployment payments, made under section 202 of the Act of 2005 on and after 13 March 2020 to the relevant date (within the meaning of section 7 of that Act),”, and (
  3. ii)by inserting the following subparagraph after subparagraph (iib) (inserted by subparagraph (i)): “(iic) Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment (within the meaning of the Act of 2005),”, and (
  4. b)in column
(1)of the Table to that section, by inserting “(other than the payments referred to in subsection
(3)(a)(iib))” after “Urgent needs payment”.
(2)Paragraphs (a)(
  1. i)and (
  2. b)of subsection
(1)shall be deemed to have come into operation on and from 13 March 2020.
(3)Paragraph (a)(ii) of subsection
(1)shall be deemed to have come into operation on and from 5 August 2020. Amendment of section 192BA of Principal Act (exemption of certain payments made or authorised by Child and Family Agency) 4.
(1)Section 192BA of the Principal Act is amended, in subsection
(1)— (
  1. a)in the definition of “carer” by inserting “or the Health Service Executive” after “the Child and Family Agency”, and (
  2. b)in the definition of “qualifying payment” by substituting the following for all the words beginning with “means” down to and including “or” where it appears immediately after paragraph (a)(iii): “means a payment— (
  3. a)which either— (
  4. i)is— (I) described in column
(1)of the Table to this section, (II) paid on a basis specified in column
(2)of that Table, and (III) made or authorised by the Child and Family Agency on behalf of the Minister, or (ii) is made by or on behalf of the Health Service Executive to a carer in respect of what is generally referred to and commonly known as a Home Sharing Host Allowance, or”.
(2)Subsection
(1)applies for the year of assessment 2020 and each subsequent year of assessment. Amendment of section 466 of Principal Act (dependent relative tax credit) 5.
(1)Section 466 of the Principal Act is amended in subsection
(2)by substituting “€245” for “€70”.
(2)Subsection
(1)shall apply for the year of assessment 2021 and each subsequent year of assessment. Exemption in respect of Mobility Allowance 6. Chapter 1 of Part 7 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting the following section after section 192G: “192H.
(1)This section applies to a payment made under section 61 of the Health Act 1970 , generally referred to and commonly known as a Mobility Allowance, by or on behalf of the Health Service Executive to a person who satisfies the conditions of the Mobility Allowance scheme as administered by the Health Service Executive.
(2)A payment to which this section applies, which is made on or after 1 January 2021, shall be exempt from income tax and shall not be reckoned in computing total income for the purposes of the Income Tax Acts.
(3)A payment to which this section applies, which is made before 1 January 2021, shall be treated as if it was exempt from income tax in the year of assessment in which it was made and shall not be reckoned in computing total income for the purposes of the Income Tax Acts.”. Amendment of section 477C of Principal Act (help to buy) 7. Section 477C of the Principal Act is amended, in subsection (5A), by substituting “December 2021” for “December 2020”. Share scheme reporting 8.
(1)Section 897B of the Principal Act is amended— (a) in subsection
(2), by substituting the following for paragraph (a): “(
  1. a)Where in any year of assessment an employer or other person awards shares, or a cash equivalent of shares, to a director or employee, and income tax under Schedule D or Schedule E may be chargeable on the director or employee in respect of that award, the employer or other person, as the case may be, shall deliver particulars thereof to the Revenue Commissioners in an electronic format approved by them, on or before 31 March in the year of assessment following that year.”, and (
  2. b)by inserting the following paragraph after paragraph (a): “(
  3. aa)The provisions of paragraph (
  4. a)shall also apply to the value of discounts on shares awarded to a director or employee by an employer or other person.”.
(2)The Principal Act is amended in Chapter 5 of Part 5— (a) in section 128C
(15), by inserting “in an electronic format approved by them” after “Revenue Commissioners”, (b) in section 128D
(8), by inserting “in an electronic format approved by them” after “Revenue Commissioners”, and (c) in section 128E
(9), by inserting “in an electronic format approved by them” after “Revenue Commissioners”. Amendment of section 472AB of Principal Act (earned income tax credit) 9.
(1)Section 472AB of the Principal Act is amended, in subsection
(2), by substituting “€1,650” for “€1,500” in each place where it occurs.
(2)Subsection
(1)shall apply for the year of assessment 2020 and each subsequent year of assessment. Amendment of section 472BB of Principal Act (sea-going naval personnel credit) 10. Section 472BB of the Principal Act is amended by inserting the following subsection after subsection
(2): “
(3)Where for the year of assessment 2021 an individual is a qualifying individual— (
  1. a)he or she shall be entitled to a sea-going naval personnel credit of €1,500, and (
  2. b)relief shall not be given under section 472B or 472BA in respect of that year.”. Chapter 4 Income Tax, Corporation Tax and Capital Gains Tax Covid Restrictions Support Scheme 11.
(1)The Principal Act is amended— (a) by inserting the following sections after section 483: “Objectives of section 485, purposes for which its provisions are enacted and certain duty of Minister for Finance respecting those provisions’ operation 484.
(1)(
  1. a)The objectives of section 485 are to— (
  2. i)provide the necessary stimulus to the economy (in addition to that provided by Part 7 of the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 and the Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Act 2020 ) so as to mitigate the effects, on the economy, of Covid-19, and (
  3. ii)if, as of 1 January 2021, no agreement stands entered into between the European Union and the United Kingdom (with respect to the future relations between them on the relevant matters), mitigate the effects on the economy which are apprehended may arise therefrom. (
  4. b)In paragraph (
  5. a)‘relevant matters’ means the matters described in Part II of the Political declaration setting out the framework for the future relationship between the European Union and the United Kingdom3 . (
  6. c)The purposes for which the several provisions of section 485 (in this section referred to as the ‘Covid Restrictions Support Scheme’) are, in furtherance of the foregoing objectives, enacted are: (
  7. i)in addition to the provision of basic mechanisms to fulfil those objectives, to ensure the efficient use of the Covid Restrictions Support Scheme so as to minimise the cost to the Exchequer of the scheme (so far as consistent with fulfilment of those objectives); (
  8. ii)to avoid, where possible, allocation of resources to sectors of the economy that are not in need of direct stimulus by means of the Covid Restrictions Support Scheme (and which sectors may reasonably be expected to be restored to financial viability and an eventual growth path by the indirect effects of the scheme); (iii) to protect the public finances through mechanisms for the discontinuance or amendment of one or more of the payments under the Covid Restrictions Support Scheme (or for their variation) in defined circumstances; (
  9. iv)to take account of the need to reflect changes in circumstances of persons who, as businesses, are persons in respect of whom payments under the Covid Restrictions Support Scheme are being made, in cases where such persons avail themselves of other financial supports provided by the State; (
  10. v)to take account of changes in the State’s economic circumstances and the demands on its financial resources which may occur in the remainder of the current financial year and thereafter. (
  11. d)It shall be the duty of the Minister for Finance to monitor and superintend the administration of the Covid Restrictions Support Scheme (but this paragraph does not derogate from the function of the care and management conferred on the Revenue Commissioners by section 485
(21)). (
  1. e)Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (d), the Minister for Finance shall cause an assessment, at such intervals as he or she considers appropriate but no less frequently than every 3 months beginning on 13 October 2020, of the following, and any other relevant matters, to be made— (
  2. i)up-to-date data compiled by the Department of Finance relating to the State’s receipts and expenditure, (
  3. ii)up-to-date data from the register commonly referred to as the ‘Live Register’ and data related to that register supplied to the Department of Finance by the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation (whether data compiled by that last-mentioned Department of State from its own sources or those available to it from sources maintained elsewhere in the Public Service), (iii) such other data as the Minister for Finance may consider relevant in relation to the impact from, and effects of, Covid-19 or the fact (should that be
  4. so)of there not being an agreement of the kind referred to in paragraph (a)(ii), and, if the following is commissioned, by reference to an assessment, on economic grounds, of the Covid Restrictions Support Scheme that may be commissioned by the Minister for Finance and any opinion as to the sustainability of the scheme expressed therein. (
  5. f)Following an assessment under paragraph (e), it shall be the duty of the Minister for Finance, after consultation with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, to determine whether it is necessary to exercise any or all of the powers under subparagraphs (
  6. i)to (
  7. vi)of subsection
(2)(
  1. a)so, as appropriate, to— (
  2. i)fulfil, better, the objectives specified in paragraph (a), or (
  3. ii)facilitate the furtherance of any of the purposes specified in paragraph (c), and, if the Minister for Finance determines that such is necessary, the powers under one, or more than one, as provided in that subsection
(2)(a), of those subparagraphs (
  1. i)to (
  2. vi)shall become and be exercisable by the Minister for Finance.
(2)(a) Where the Minister for Finance makes a determination of the kind lastly referred to in subsection
(1)(f), the Minister for Finance shall, as he or she deems fit and necessary— (i) make an order that the reference in the definition of ‘Covid restrictions’ in section 485
(1)to restrictions provided for in regulations made under sections 5 and 31A of the Health Act 1947 that are for the purpose of preventing, or reducing the risk of, the transmission of Covid-19 and which have the effect of restricting the conduct of certain business activity during the specified period shall be limited in such respects as are specified in the order (including, if the Minister for Finance considers appropriate, by the specification of a requirement, with respect to the restriction of certain business activity, that particular business activity must be affected by the restriction to a specified extent) and an order under this subparagraph shall make such additional modifications to the provisions of section 485 as the Minister for Finance may consider necessary and appropriate in consequence of the foregoing limitation, (ii) make an order that the day referred to in the definition of ‘specified period’ in section 485
(1)as the day on which the period there referred to shall expire shall be such day as is later than 31 March 2021 (but not later than 31 December 2021) as the Minister for Finance considers appropriate and specifies in the order, (iii) make an order that the percentage specified in section 485
(4)(b)(i) shall be such a percentage, that is greater or lower than the percentage specified in that provision, as the Minister for Finance— (I) considers necessary to— (A) fulfil, better, the objectives specified in subsection
(1)(a), or (B) facilitate the furtherance of any of the purposes specified in subsection
(1)(c), and (II) specifies in the order, (iv) make an order that the percentage specified in subparagraph (i)(I) or subparagraph (ii)(I) of section 485
(7)(a) shall be such a percentage, that is greater or lower than the percentage specified in that subparagraph (i)(I) or subparagraph (ii)(I), as the Minister for Finance— (I) considers necessary to— (A) fulfil, better, the objectives specified in subsection
(1)(a), or (B) facilitate the furtherance of any of the purposes specified in subsection
(1)(c), and (II) specifies in the order, (v) make an order that the percentage referred to in subparagraph (i)(II) or subparagraph (ii)(II) of section 485
(7)(a) shall be such a percentage, that is greater or lower than that percentage specified in that subparagraph (i)(II) or subparagraph (ii)(II), as the Minister for Finance— (I) considers necessary to— (A) fulfil, better, the objectives specified in subsection
(1)(a), or (B) facilitate the furtherance of any of the purposes specified in subsection
(1)(c), and (II) specifies in the order, (vi) make an order either that subsection
(8)of section 485 shall cease to be in operation on and from such day, or that the election referred to in paragraph (b) of that subsection, which that subsection enables a qualifying person to make, shall not be exercisable save in such circumstances, as the Minister for Finance— (I) considers necessary to— (A) fulfil, better, the objectives specified in subsection
(1)(a), or (B) facilitate the furtherance of any of the purposes specified in subsection
(1)(c), and (II) specifies in the order, and any matter that is provided for in the preceding subparagraphs is referred to in section 485
(3)as a ‘modification’. (
  1. b)Where an order under subparagraph (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (
  2. v)or (
  3. vi)of paragraph (
  4. a)is proposed to be made, a draft of the order shall be laid before Dáil Éireann and the order shall not be made unless a resolution approving of the draft has been passed by that House. Covid Restrictions Support Scheme 485.
(1)In this section— ‘applicable business restrictions provisions’ shall be construed in the manner provided for in the definition of ‘Covid restrictions period’ in this subsection; ‘business activity’, in relation to a person carrying on a trade either solely or in partnership, means— (
  1. a)where customers of the trade acquire goods or services from that person from one business premises, the activities of the trade, or (
  2. b)where customers of the trade acquire goods or services from that person from more than one business premises, the activities of the trade relevant to each business premises, and where customers of the trade acquire goods or services from that person other than through attending at a business premises, that portion of the trade which relates to transactions effected in that manner shall be deemed to relate to the business premises or, where there is more than one business premises, shall be apportioned between such business premises on a just and reasonable basis; ‘business premises’, in relation to a business activity, means a building or other similar fixed physical structure from which a business activity is ordinarily carried on; ‘chargeable period’ has the same meaning as in section 321
(2); ‘claim period’ means a Covid restrictions period, or a Covid restrictions extension period, as the context requires; ‘Covid-19’ has the same meaning as it has in the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 ; ‘Covid restrictions’ means restrictions provided for in regulations made under sections 5 and 31A of the Health Act 1947 , being restrictions for the purpose of preventing, or reducing the risk of, the transmission of Covid-19 and which have the effect of restricting the conduct of certain business activity during the specified period; ‘Covid restrictions extension period’ has the meaning assigned to it in subsection
(2); ‘Covid restrictions period’, in relation to a relevant business activity carried on by a person, means a period for which the person is required by provisions of Covid restrictions to prohibit, or significantly restrict, members of the public from having access to the business premises in which the relevant business activity is carried on (referred to in this section as ‘applicable business restrictions provisions’) and is a period which commences on the Covid restrictions period commencement date and ends on the Covid restrictions period end date; ‘Covid restrictions period commencement date’, in relation to a relevant business activity, means the later of— (
  1. a)13 October 2020, or (
  2. b)the day on which applicable business restrictions provisions come into operation (not having been in operation on the day immediately preceding that day); ‘Covid restrictions period end date’, in relation to a relevant business activity, means the earlier of— (
  3. a)the day which is three weeks after the Covid restrictions period commencement date, (
  4. b)the day that is specified in the Covid restrictions (being those restrictions in the terms as they stood on the Covid restrictions period commencement date) to be the day on which the applicable business restrictions provisions shall expire, (
  5. c)the day preceding the first day following the Covid restrictions period commencement date, on which the applicable business restrictions cease to be in operation (by reason of the terms in which the Covid restrictions stand being different from how they stood as referred to in paragraph (b)), or (
  6. d)31 March 2021, and, for the purposes of paragraph (
  7. c)— (
  8. i)the fact (if such is the case) that regulations made under sections 5 and 31A of the Health Act 1947 are revoked and replaced by fresh regulations thereunder (but the applicable business restrictions provisions continue to apply to the relevant business activity) is immaterial, and (
  9. ii)the first reference in that paragraph to the terms in which the Covid restrictions stand is a reference to their terms as provided for in those fresh regulations; ‘partnership trade’ has the same meaning as in section 1007; ‘precedent partner’, in relation to a partnership and a partnership trade, has the same meaning as in section 1007; ‘relevant business activity’ has the meaning assigned to it in subsection
(4); ‘relevant geographical region’ means a geographical location for which Covid restrictions are in operation; ‘specified period’ means the period commencing on 13 October 2020 and expiring on 31 March 2021; ‘tax’ means income tax or corporation tax; ‘trade’ means a trade any profits or gains arising from which is chargeable to tax under Case I of Schedule D.
(2)(a) Subject to subsection
(8), where, in relation to a relevant business activity carried on by a person, applicable business restrictions provisions continue to apply, by reason of regulations made or amended under sections 5 and 31A of the Health Act 1947 , to the relevant business activity on the day after the end of a Covid restrictions period, the period for which those restrictions continue to so apply is referred to in this section as a ‘Covid restrictions extension period’, which period commences on the foregoing day (referred to in this section as a ‘Covid restrictions extension period commencement date’) and ends on the Covid restrictions extension period end date. (
  1. b)In this section, ‘Covid restrictions extension period end date’, in relation to a relevant business activity, means the earlier of— (
  2. i)the day which is three weeks after the Covid restrictions extension period commencement date, (
  3. ii)the day that is specified in the Covid restrictions (being those restrictions in the terms as they stood on the Covid restrictions extension period commencement date) to be the day on which the applicable business restrictions provisions shall expire, (iii) the day preceding the first day, following the Covid restrictions extension period commencement date, on which the applicable business restrictions provisions cease to be in operation (by reason of the terms in which the Covid restrictions stand being different from how they stood as referred to in subparagraph (
  4. ii)), or (
  5. iv)31 March 2021, and, for the purposes of subparagraph (iii) — (
  6. i)the fact (if such is the case) that regulations made under sections 5 and 31A of the Health Act 1947 are revoked and replaced by fresh regulations thereunder (but the applicable business restrictions provisions continue to apply to the relevant business activity) is immaterial, and (
  7. ii)the first reference in that subparagraph to the terms in which the Covid restrictions stand is a reference to their terms as provided for in those fresh regulations. (
  8. c)Where, in relation a relevant business activity carried on by a person, applicable business restrictions provisions continue to apply, by reason of regulations made or amended under sections 5 and 31A of the Health Act 1947 , to the relevant business activity on the day after the end of a Covid restrictions extension period, the period for which those restrictions continue to so apply is also referred in this subsection as a ‘Covid restrictions extension period’ which period commences on the foregoing day and ends on the Covid restrictions extension period end date.
(3)The following provisions made in this section, namely: (a) the reference in the definition of ‘Covid restrictions’ in subsection
(1)to restrictions provided for in regulations made under sections 5 and 31A of the Health Act 1947 that are for the purpose of preventing, or reducing the risk of, the transmission of Covid-19 and which have the effect of restricting the conduct of certain business activity during the specified period; (b) the specification of 31 March 2021 in the definition of ‘specified period’ in subsection
(1)as the date on which the period there referred to shall expire; (c) the specification of 25 per cent in subsection
(4)(b)(i); (d) the specification of 10 per cent in subsection
(7)(a)(i)(I) or (ii)(I); (e) the specification of 5 per cent in subsection
(7)(a)(i)(II) or (ii)(II); (f) subsection
(8)and the election referred to in paragraph (b) of it which a qualifying person is, by virtue of that subsection, enabled to make, shall, together with any other provision of this section that the following modification relates to, be construed and operate subject to any modification that is provided for in an order made under section 484
(2)(a) and which is in force.
(4)(
  1. a)In this section— ‘average weekly turnover from the established relevant business activity’ means the average weekly turnover of the person, carrying on the activity, in respect of the established relevant business activity for the period commencing on 1 January 2019 and ending on 31 December 2019; ‘average weekly turnover from the new relevant business activity’, means the average weekly turnover of the person, carrying on the activity, in respect of the new relevant business activity in the period commencing on the date on which the person commenced the business activity and ending on 12 October 2020; ‘established relevant business activity’ means, in relation to a person, a relevant business activity commenced by that person before 26 December 2019; ‘new relevant business activity’ means, in relation to a person, a relevant business activity commenced by that person on or after 26 December 2019 and before 13 October 2020; ‘relevant business activity’, in relation to a person, means a business activity which is carried on by that person in a business premises located wholly in a relevant geographical region; ‘relevant turnover amount’ means— (
  2. i)where a person carries on an established relevant business activity, an amount determined by the formula— A x B where— A is the average weekly turnover from the established relevant business activity, and B is the total number of full weeks in the claim period, or (
  3. ii)where a person carries on a new relevant business activity, an amount determined by the formula— A x B where— A is the average weekly turnover from the new relevant business activity, and B is the total number of full weeks that comprise the claim period. (
  4. b)Subject to subsections
(5)and
(6), this section shall apply to a person who carries on a relevant business activity and who— (i) in accordance with guidelines published by the Revenue Commissioners under subsection
(22), demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Revenue Commissioners that, in the claim period, because of applicable business restrictions provisions that prohibit, or significantly restrict, members of the public from having access to the business premises in which the relevant business activity of the person is carried on— (I) the relevant business activity of the person is temporarily suspended, or (II) the relevant business activity of the person is disrupted, such that the turnover of the person in respect of the relevant business activity in the claim period will be an amount that is 25 per cent (or less) of the relevant turnover amount, and (ii) satisfies the conditions specified in subsection
(5), (hereafter referred to in this section as a ‘qualifying person’).
(5)The conditions referred to in subsection
(4)(b)(
  1. ii)are— (
  2. a)the person has logged on to the online system of the Revenue Commissioners (in this section referred to as ‘ROS’) and applied on ROS to be registered as a person to whom this section applies and as part of that registration provides such particulars as the Revenue Commissioners consider necessary and appropriate for the purposes of registration and which particulars shall include those specified in subsection
(14), (b) for the claim period, the person completes an electronic claim form on ROS containing such particulars as the Revenue Commissioners consider necessary and appropriate for the purposes of determining the claim and which particulars shall include those specified in subsection
(14), (
  1. c)for the claim period, the person makes a declaration to the Revenue Commissioners through ROS that the person satisfies the conditions in this section to be regarded as a qualifying person for that claim period, (
  2. d)the person has complied with any obligations that apply to that person in respect of the registration for, and furnishing of returns relating to, value-added tax, (
  3. e)the person is throughout the claim period eligible for a tax clearance certificate, within the meaning of section 1095, to be issued to the person, and (
  4. f)the person would, but for the Covid restrictions, carry on the business activity, that is a relevant business activity, at the business premises in a relevant geographical region, and intends to carry on that activity when applicable business restrictions provisions cease to be in operation in relation to that relevant business activity.
(6)Where a relevant business activity of a qualifying person does not constitute a whole trade carried on by that person, then, for the purposes of determining whether the requirements in subsection
(4)(b)(i) are met, the relevant business activity shall be treated as if it were a separate trade and the turnover of the whole trade shall be apportioned between the separate trade and the other part of the trade on a just and reasonable basis, and the amount of turnover attributed to the separate trade during the claim period shall not be less than the amount that would be attributed to the separate trade if it were carried on by a distinct and separate person engaged in that relevant business activity.
(7)Subject to subsections
(10)and
(11), on making a claim under this section, a qualifying person shall, in respect of each full week comprised within the claim period, be entitled to an amount equal to the lower of— (
  1. a)(
  2. i)where the qualifying person carries on an established relevant business activity, an amount equal to the sum of— (I) 10 per cent of so much of the average weekly turnover from the established relevant business activity as does not exceed €20,000, and (II) 5 per cent of any amount of the average weekly turnover from the established relevant business activity as exceeds €20,000, or (
  3. ii)where the qualifying person carries on a new relevant business activity, an amount equal to the sum of— (I) 10 per cent of so much of the person’s average weekly turnover from the new relevant business activity as does not exceed €20,000, and (II) 5 per cent of any amount of the person’s average weekly turnover from the new relevant business activity as exceeds €20,000, and (
  4. b)€5,000 per week, and any amount payable under this section is referred to in this section as an ‘advance credit for trading expenses’.
(8)(
  1. a)Where, in relation to a relevant business activity carried on by a person— (
  2. i)applicable business restrictions provisions were in operation such that a qualifying person made a claim under this section in respect of a claim period and that claim, taken together with any claims made by the person immediately preceding that claim, is in respect of a continuous period of not less than three weeks, and (
  3. ii)those applicable business restrictions provisions cease to be in operation, then, where that qualifying person, within a reasonable period of time from the date on which the applicable business restrictions provisions cease to be in operation, resumes or continues, as the case may be, supplying goods or services to customers from the business premises in which the qualifying person’s relevant business activity is carried on, that qualifying person may make an election under paragraph (b). (
  4. b)Where no part of the week immediately following the date on which the applicable business restrictions provisions ceased to be in operation in respect of a relevant business activity would otherwise form part of a Covid restrictions period or a Covid restrictions extension period, a qualifying person to whom paragraph (
  5. a)applies may elect to treat that week as a Covid restrictions extension period and may make a claim under this section in respect of that period.
(9)A claim made under this section in respect of an advance credit for trading expenses shall be made— (
  1. a)subject to paragraph (b), no later than— (
  2. i)eight weeks from the date on which the claim period, to which the claim relates, commences, or (
  3. ii)if the date on which the qualifying person is registered as a person to whom this section applies (following an application which is made in accordance with subsection
(5)(
  1. a)and within the period of eight weeks specified in subparagraph (i)) falls on a date subsequent to the expiry of the period of eight weeks so specified, three weeks from the date on which the person is so registered, and (
  2. b)in the case of a claim made under this section that is referred to in subsection
(8), no later than eight weeks from the date on which the applicable business restrictions provisions concerned cease to be in operation.
(10)Where, for any week comprised within a claim period, a person is a qualifying person in relation to more than one relevant business activity carried on from the same business premises, and a claim is made in relation to each relevant business activity, the amount the qualifying person shall be entitled to claim under this section in respect of all of those relevant business activities for any weekly period shall not exceed the amount specified in subsection
(7)(b) and subsection
(7)shall apply with any necessary modifications to give effect to this subsection.
(11)(a) Where a relevant business activity in respect of which a person is a qualifying person is carried on as the whole or part of a partnership trade, then any claim made under this section for an advance credit for trading expenses in respect of the relevant business activity shall be made by the precedent partner on behalf of the partnership and each of the partners in that partnership and the maximum amount of any such claim made in respect of the relevant business activity in any weekly period shall not exceed the lower of the amounts specified in subsection
(7)(a)(
  1. i)or (a)(ii), as the case may be. (
  2. b)Where a claim is made under this section by a precedent partner for an advance credit for trading expenses in respect of a relevant business activity carried on as the whole or part of a partnership trade then— (
  3. i)for the purposes of subsections
(15)and
(16), each partner shall be deemed to have claimed, in respect of that partner’s several trade, a portion of the advance credit for trading expenses calculated as— A x B where— A is the advance credit for trading expenses claimed by the precedent partner, and B is the partnership percentage at the commencement of the claim period, (ii) the precedent partner shall, in respect of each such claim, provide a statement to each partner in the partnership containing the following particulars— (I) the partnership name and its business address, (II) the amount of advance credit for trading expenses claimed by the precedent partner on behalf of the partnership and each partner, (III) the profit percentage for each partner, (IV) the portion of the advance credit for trading expenses allocated to each partner, (V) the commencement and cessation date of the claim period, and (VI) the chargeable period of the partnership trade in which the claim period commences, (iii) for the purposes of subsections
(17)and
(18), references to a person making a claim shall be taken as references to the precedent partner making the claim on behalf of the partnership and each of its partners, and (iv) for the purposes of subsection
(19), section 1077E shall apply as if references to a person were references to each partner and the references to a claim were a reference to a claim deemed to have been made by each partner under subparagraph (i).
(12)Any reference to ‘turnover’ in this section means any amount recognised as turnover in a particular period of time in accordance with the correct rules of commercial accounting, except for any amount recognised as turnover in that particular period of time due to a change in accounting policy.
(13)Where a person makes a claim for an advance credit for trading expenses under this section, in computing the amount of the profits or gains of the trade, to which the relevant business activity relates, for the chargeable period in which the claim period commences, the amount of any disbursement or expense which is allowable as a deduction, having regard to section 81, shall be reduced by the amount of the advance credit for trading expenses and the advance credit for trading expenses shall not otherwise be taken into account in computing the amount of the profits or gains of the trade for that chargeable period.
(14)(
  1. a)The particulars referred to in paragraphs (
  2. a)and (
  3. b)of subsection
(5)are those particulars the Revenue Commissioners consider necessary and appropriate for the purposes of determining a claim made under this section, including— (
  1. i)in relation to a qualifying person— (I) name, (II) address, including Eircode, and (III) tax registration number, and (
  2. ii)in relation to a relevant business activity— (I) name under which the business activity is carried on, (II) a description of the business activity, (III) address, including Eircode, of the business premises where the business activity is carried on, (IV) where the business activity was commenced prior to 26 December 2019, the average weekly turnover of the qualifying person in respect of the business activity in the period commencing on 1 January 2019 and ending on 31 December 2019, (V) where a trade is carried on in more than one business premises, the turnover of the qualifying person in respect of the business premises, to which the relevant business activity relates, in the period commencing on 1 January 2019 and ending on 31 December 2019, (VI) where a business activity is a new relevant business activity, the date of commencement of the activity and the amount of turnover in respect of the new business activity beginning on the date of commencement and ending on 12 October 2020, (VII) the average weekly turnover in respect of an established relevant business activity or a new relevant business activity, as the case may be, (VIII) in respect of tax, within the meaning of section 2 of the Value-Added Tax Consolidation Act 2010 , for the taxable periods comprised within the period of time referred to in clauses (IV) and (VI) the amount of tax that became due in accordance with section 76
(1)(a)(i) of the Value-Added Tax Consolidation Act 2010 , (IX) such other total income excluding the relevant business turnover in respect of the total tax returned in respect of section 76
(1)(a)(
  1. i)of the Value-Added Tax Consolidation Act 2010 , for the taxable periods comprised within the period of time referred to in clause (IV) or (VI), (X) expected percentage reduction in turnover of the qualifying person in respect of the business activity in the claim period, and (XI) such other particulars, as the Revenue Commissioners may require. (
  2. b)Subsequent to receiving the information requested under this section, the Revenue Commissioners may seek further particulars or evidence for the purposes of determining the claim.
(15)Where a company makes a claim under this section in respect of a claim period and it subsequently transpires that the claim was not one permitted by this section to be made, and the company has not repaid the amount as required by subsection
(17)(a)(II) — (
  1. a)the company shall be charged to tax under Case IV of Schedule D for the chargeable period in which the claim period commences, on an amount equal to 4 times so much of the amount under this section as was not so permitted to be made, and (
  2. b)an amount chargeable to tax under this subsection shall be treated as income against which no loss, deficit, credit, expense or allowance may be set off, and shall not form part of the income of a company for the purposes of calculating a surcharge under section 440.
(16)(a) Where an individual makes a claim under this section in respect of a claim period and it subsequently transpires that the claim was not one permitted by this section to be made, and the individual has not repaid the amount as required by subsection
(17)(a)(II), the individual shall be deemed to have received an amount of income equal to 5 times so much of the amount under this section as was not so permitted to be made (referred to in this subsection as the ‘unauthorised amount’). (
  1. b)The unauthorised amount shall, notwithstanding any other provision of the Tax Acts, be deemed to be an amount of income, arising on the first day of the claim period that is chargeable to income tax under Case IV of Schedule D. (
  2. c)Where the taxable income of an individual includes an amount pursuant to paragraph (b), the part of the taxable income equal to that amount shall be chargeable to income tax at the standard rate in force at the time of the payment of the advance credit for trading expenses but shall not— (
  3. i)form part of the reckonable earnings chargeable to an amount of Pay Related Social Insurance Contributions under the Social Welfare Acts, and (
  4. ii)be an amount on which a levy or charge is required, by or under Part 18D. (
  5. d)Notwithstanding section 458 or any other provision of the Tax Acts, in calculating the tax payable (within the meaning of Part 41A) on the unauthorised amount under this subsection, there shall be allowed no deduction, relief, tax credit or reduction in tax. (
  6. e)In applying section 188 or Chapter 2A of Part 15, no account shall be taken of any income deemed to arise under this subsection or any income tax payable on that income.
(17)(
  1. a)Where, subsequent to a person making a claim under this section, it transpires that— (
  2. i)the requirements in subsection
(4)(
  1. b)are not met (and a claim in respect of which those requirements are not met is referred to hereafter in this subsection as an ‘invalid claim’), or (
  2. ii)the amount claimed exceeds the amount the person is entitled to claim under this section (and a claim to which this subparagraph applies is referred to hereafter in this subsection as an ‘overclaim’), then the person shall, without unreasonable delay— (I) notify the Revenue Commissioners of the invalid claim or overclaim, as the case may be, and (II) repay to the Revenue Commissioners— (A) in respect of an invalid claim, the amount paid in respect of that claim, (B) in respect of an overclaim, the amount by which the amount paid in respect of that claim exceeds the amount the person is entitled to claim (hereafter referred to in this section as the ‘excess amount’). (
  3. b)Where a person makes a claim under this section in respect of a claim period and it subsequently transpires that the claim is an invalid claim or an overclaim, as the case may be— (
  4. i)then, subject to subparagraph (ii), the amount of the advance credit for trading expenses paid by the Revenue Commissioners in respect of the invalid claim, or the amount of the advance credit for trading expenses overpaid by the Revenue Commissioners in respect of an overclaim, as the case may be, shall carry interest as determined in accordance with section 1080
(2)(
  1. c)as if a reference to the date when the tax became due and payable were a reference to the date the amount was paid by the Revenue Commissioners, and (
  2. ii)where the invalid claim or overclaim, as the case may be, was made neither deliberately nor carelessly (within the meaning of section 1077E) and the person complies with the requirements of paragraph (a)(II), the amount repaid to the Revenue Commissioners in respect of the invalid claim or overclaim, as the case may be, shall carry interest as determined in accordance with section 1080
(2)(
  1. c)as if a reference to the date when the tax became due and payable were a reference to the date paragraph (
  2. a)is complied with. (
  3. c)Paragraph (
  4. b)shall apply to tax payable on unauthorised amounts under subsections
(15)and
(16)as it applies to overpayments arising on invalid or overclaims.
(18)(a) For the purposes of this subsection, ‘claim’ and ‘overpayment’ shall have the same meanings respectively as they have in subsection
(1)of section 960H. (
  1. b)In this subsection, a claim period is a ‘reduced claim period’ where— (
  2. i)in the case of a claim period which is a Covid restrictions period, the claim period ends on a date as provided for (in relation to that Covid restrictions period) by paragraph (
  3. c)of the definition of ‘Covid restrictions period end date’ in subsection
(1), and such date precedes the date that had been specified in the Covid restrictions (being those restrictions in the terms as they stood on the Covid restrictions period commencement date) to be the date on which the applicable business restrictions provisions shall expire, and (ii) in the case of a claim period which is a Covid restrictions extension period, the claim period ends on a date as provided for (in relation to that Covid restrictions extension period) by subsection
(2)(b)(iii), and such date precedes the date that had been specified in the Covid restrictions (being those restrictions in the terms as they stood on the Covid restrictions extension period commencement date) to be the date on which the applicable business restrictions provisions shall expire. (
  1. c)Where a qualifying person makes an overclaim in respect of a reduced claim period, the Revenue Commissioners shall be entitled to recover the excess amount from the person in accordance with paragraph (
  2. d)where the following conditions are met: (
  3. i)the claim is made before the end of the claim period; and (
  4. ii)the claim is an overclaim solely by reason of the fact that the claim period is a reduced claim period. (
  5. d)The Revenue Commissioners shall be entitled to recover the excess amount referred to in paragraph (
  6. c)by— (
  7. i)setting the amount of an advance credit for trading expenses that the person is entitled to be paid in accordance with subsection
(7)or
(8)against the excess amount, or (
  1. ii)where, after the end of the specified period, a repayment is due to the person in respect of a claim or overpayment, setting the amount of the repayment against the excess amount. (
  2. e)Where the conditions referred to in paragraph (
  3. c)are met and the excess amount is recovered by the Revenue Commissioners in accordance with paragraph (
  4. d)within a reasonable period of time from the end of the specified period, the excess amount shall not be an unauthorised amount under subsection
(15)or
(16), as the case may be. (
  1. f)Where the conditions referred to in paragraph (
  2. c)are met, the excess amount shall carry interest as determined in accordance with section 1080
(2)(c) as if the reference to the date when the tax became due and payable were a reference to the day after the day on which the specified period ends.
(19)Any claim made under this section shall be deemed for the purposes of section 1077E to be a claim in connection with a credit and, for the purposes of determining an amount in accordance with section 1077E
(11)or 1077E
(12), a reference to an amount of tax that would have been payable for the relevant periods by the person concerned shall be read as if it were a reference to a claim in respect of a claim period made in connection with subsection
(7).
(20)A person shall, without prejudice to any other penalty to which the person may be liable, be guilty of an offence under this section if the person— (
  1. a)knowingly or wilfully delivers any incorrect return or statement, or knowingly or wilfully furnishes any incorrect information, in connection with the operation of this section or the eligibility for the advance credit for trading expenses in relation to any person, or (
  2. b)knowingly aids, abets, assists, incites or induces another person to make or deliver knowingly or wilfully any incorrect return or statement, or knowingly or wilfully furnish any incorrect information in connection with the operation of this section or the eligibility for the advance credit for trading expenses in relation to any person, and the provisions of subsections
(3)to
(10)of section 1078, and section 1079, shall, with any necessary modifications, apply for the purposes of this subsection as they apply for the purposes of offences in relation to tax within the meaning of section 1078.
(21)The administration of this section shall be under the care and management of the Revenue Commissioners and section 849 shall apply for this purpose with any necessary modifications as it applies in relation to tax within the meaning of that section.
(22)The Revenue Commissioners shall prepare and publish guidelines with respect to matters that are considered by them to be matters to which regard shall be had in determining whether— (
  1. a)there are provisions of Covid restrictions that prohibit, or significantly restrict, members of the public from having access to the business premises in which the relevant business activity of a person is carried on in a Covid restrictions period, or Covid restrictions extension period, as the case may be, and (
  2. b)as a result of the provisions referred to in paragraph (a), the turnover of the person in respect of the relevant business activity in the Covid restrictions period, or Covid restrictions extension period, as the case may be, will not exceed an amount that is 25 per cent (or less) of the relevant turnover amount.
(23)Notwithstanding any obligations imposed on the Revenue Commissioners under section 851A or any other enactment in relation to the confidentiality of taxpayer information (within the meaning of that section), the details referred to in clauses (I) and (III) of subsection
(14)(a)(ii) shall, for all persons to whom an advance credit for trading expenses has been paid by the Revenue Commissioners under this section, be published on the website of the Revenue Commissioners.
(24)(a) Where a Revenue officer determines that a person is not a qualifying person within the meaning of subsection
(4)(b), the Revenue officer shall notify the person in writing accordingly. (
  1. b)A person aggrieved by a determination under paragraph (a), may appeal the determination to the Appeal Commissioners, in accordance with section 949I, within the period of 30 days after the date on the notice of the determination. (
  2. c)Where the Appeal Commissioners determine that a person is a qualifying person within the meaning of subsection
(4)(b), the 8 week period specified in subsection
(9), shall commence in respect of such a person on the date that determination is issued. (
  1. d)The reference to the Tax Acts in paragraph (
  2. a)of the definition of ‘Acts’ in section 949A shall be read as including a reference to this section.”, and (
  3. b)in Schedule 29, in column 1, by inserting “section 485”.
(2)Subsection
(1)shall be deemed to have come into operation on 13 October
  1. Amendment of section 285A of Principal Act (acceleration of wear and tear allowances for certain energy-efficient equipment)
  2. Section 285A of the Principal Act is amended in subsection
(1)in the definition of “relevant period” by substituting “31 December 2023” for “31 December 2020”. Amendment of Chapter 1 of Part 18 of Principal Act (payments in respect of professional services by certain persons) 13.
(1)The Principal Act is amended— (a) in section 520
(1), by inserting the following definitions: “‘electronic means’ has the same meaning as in section 917EA
(1); ‘payment notification’ has the meaning assigned to it by section 524
(4); ‘payment notification reference number’ has the meaning assigned to it by section 524
(6); ‘PSWT service’ means such electronic system as is made available by the Revenue Commissioners to enable accountable persons to fulfil their obligations under section 524
(4)and to facilitate electronic communication between the Revenue Commissioners, accountable persons, specified persons and others for the purpose of fulfilling those obligations and includes any enhancements or other changes made to that system and any replacement system;”, (b) by substituting the following section for section 524: “Identification of specified persons and submission of payment notifications 524.
(1)Subject to subsection
(2), the specified person shall furnish to the accountable person concerned— (
  1. a)in the case of a specified person resident in the State or a person having a permanent establishment or fixed base in the State, details of— (
  2. i)the specified person’s income tax or corporation tax number, as may be appropriate, and (
  3. ii)if the relevant payment includes an amount in respect of value-added tax, the specified person’s value-added tax registration number, and (
  4. b)in the case of a specified person other than a person mentioned in paragraph (a), details of— (
  5. i)the specified person’s country of residence, (
  6. ii)the specified person’s tax reference in that country, and (iii) the specified person’s address and contact details.
(2)(a) Where a relevant payment (including a payment to which section 522 applies) is made in accordance with section 529A
(1), the precedent partner shall furnish the tax number of the partnership to the accountable person. (
  1. b)For the purposes of paragraph (a), ‘tax number’ in relation to a partnership means— (
  2. i)the registration number allocated by the Revenue Commissioners in relation to the operation by the partnership of value-added tax, or any other tax, or the reference number stated on any return, form or notice issued by the Revenue Commissioners in relation to the partnership, or (
  3. ii)where appropriate, the tax reference of the partnership in another country.
(3)For the purposes of this section, an accountable person may require a specified person or, as the case may be, a precedent partner to provide evidence from the Revenue Commissioners that— (a) the income tax or corporation tax number furnished by the specified person in accordance with subsection
(1)(a)(
  1. i)relates to that specified person, or (
  2. b)the tax number of the partnership furnished by the precedent partner in accordance with subsection
(2)(a) relates to that partnership.
(4)Where the specified person has complied with subsection
(1)or, as the case may be, the precedent partner has complied with subsection
(2), the accountable person, on making a relevant payment, shall submit to the Revenue Commissioners a notification using the PSWT service (in this Chapter referred to as a ‘payment notification’), specifying— (
  1. a)the name and address of the specified person or, as the case may be, of the partnership, (
  2. b)the specified person’s tax reference as furnished in accordance with paragraph (
  3. a)or (
  4. b)of subsection
(1)or, as the case may be, the partnership’s tax number as furnished in accordance with subsection
(2), (
  1. c)the amount of the relevant payment, (
  2. d)the amount of the appropriate tax deducted from that payment, (
  3. e)the date on which the payment was made, and (
  4. f)such other information as may be required by the Revenue Commissioners for the purposes of this section.
(5)Where, before the date on which a return in respect of a relevant payment is required to be made in accordance with section 525
(7), an accountable person is aware or becomes aware that a payment notification submitted in respect of the relevant payment contains an error or omission or was not required by this Chapter, the person shall, before the date on which the return is required to be made— (a) cancel the payment notification and, where required by this Chapter, submit a further payment notification, or (b) amend the payment notification.
(6)Upon submission of a payment notification, an accountable person shall be provided by the PSWT service with a reference number (in this Chapter referred to as a ‘payment notification reference number’), which shall be deemed to be an acknowledgement issued by the Revenue Commissioners.
(7)Where, having made a relevant payment, an accountable person has complied with subsection
(4)and, where appropriate, subsection
(5), the accountable person shall— (
  1. a)as soon as practicable, provide to the specified person or, as the case may be, the precedent partner, by written or electronic means, details of— (
  2. i)the name and tax reference number of the accountable person, (
  3. ii)the gross amount of the relevant payment, including the tax deducted, (iii) the amount of tax deducted from the relevant payment, and (
  4. iv)the date of the relevant payment, and (
  5. b)where requested by the specified person or, as the case may be, the precedent partner, provide to that person, by written or electronic means, the payment notification reference number in respect of the relevant payment.
(8)The Revenue Commissioners may, by electronic or other means, make available to a specified person or precedent partner details of the information contained in a payment notification relating to the specified person or partnership, as the case may be.”, (c) in section 525— (i) in subsection
(1), by substituting “23 days” for “14 days”, (ii) in subsection
(2), by deleting “, in relation to each specified person, or where section 529A applies, each partnership to whom a relevant payment has been made in the income tax month concerned,”, (iii) by inserting the following subsection after subsection
(4): “(4A) A return shall be made by electronic means and the relevant provisions of Chapter 6 of Part 38 shall apply.”, and (iv) by inserting the following subsections after subsection
(6): “
(7)On or before 23 February following each tax year, an accountable person shall submit to the Collector-General, in such form as the Revenue Commissioners may approve or prescribe, a return containing details of— (
  1. a)all amounts of appropriate tax which the accountable person was liable to deduct from relevant payments made during that year, (
  2. b)all amounts of appropriate tax remitted by the accountable person in accordance with subsection
(1)during that year, and (c) any amounts of appropriate tax owed by the accountable person in respect of relevant payments made during that year.
(8)On or before the 23rd day of the month following the coming into operation of section 13 of the Finance Act 2020, an accountable person shall submit to the Collector-General in such form as the Revenue Commissioners may approve or prescribe, a return containing, in relation to the period from 1 January 2021 to the date of that coming into operation, details of— (
  1. a)the amount of relevant payments made by the accountable person to each specified person or, where section 529A applies, each partnership to which relevant payments were made by the accountable person during that period, (
  2. b)the amount of appropriate tax which the accountable person was liable to deduct from relevant payments to each specified person or, where section 529A applies, each partnership to which relevant payments were made by the accountable person during that period, (
  3. c)the amount of appropriate tax remitted by the accountable person in accordance with subsection
(1)during that period, and (
  1. d)such other particulars as may be required by the return.”, (
  2. d)in section 526— (
  3. i)by substituting the following subsection for subsection
(3): “
(3)The specified person shall, where requested by the Revenue Commissioners, furnish the following in respect of each amount of appropriate tax included in a claim under subsection
(1)or
(2)— (a) the payment notification reference number in respect of the payment notification made in accordance with section 524
(4), and (b) in the case of a specified person who is a partner in relation to a partnership trade or profession, the documentation referred to in section 529A
(3).”, and (ii) in subsection
(4), by substituting “payment notifications” for “forms”, (e) in section 527— (i) in subsection
(2)(c), by substituting “payment notification reference number in respect of the payment notification made in accordance with section 524
(4)” for “form given to the specified person by an accountable person in accordance with section 524
(2)”, (ii) in subsection
(3)(a), by substituting “payment notifications” for “forms”, (iii) by deleting subsection (3A), and (iv) in subsection
(4)(b)(ii), by substituting “payment notifications” for “forms”, (
  1. f)in section 528, by substituting “payment notification” for “form”, and (
  2. g)in section 529A
(3), by substituting “which shall include the details provided to the precedent partner by the accountable person in accordance with section 524
(7)” for “together with a copy of the form given to the precedent partner by the accountable person in accordance with section 524
(2)”.
(2)This section shall come into operation on such day as the Minister for Finance may appoint by order. Amendment of Part 11C of Principal Act (emissions-based limits on capital allowances and expenses for certain road vehicles) 14.
(1)The Principal Act is amended in Part 11C— (
  1. a)in section 380K— (
  2. i)in subsection
(2)— (I) by substituting “A to F” for “A to G”, and (II) by substituting “EC type-approval certificate, EC certificate of conformity or vehicle registration certificate,” for “EC type approval certificate or EC certificate of conformity,”, (ii) by substituting the following Table for the Table to subsection
(2): “TABLE ”, (iii) in subsection
(3), by substituting “Category F” for “Category G”, and (iv) in subsection
(4), by substituting the following definitions for the definition of “CO2 emissions”: “‘CO2 emissions’ means— (
  1. a)in the case of a passenger or light duty vehicle— (
  2. i)unless the matter falls within subparagraph (
  3. ii)or (iii), the level of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions for a vehicle measured in accordance with the provisions of Commission Regulation (EC) 715/2007 of 20 June 20074 and listed in Annex VIII to Council Directive 2007/46/EC of 5 September 20075 , or (
  4. ii)in the case of a vehicle in respect of which the certificate of conformity issued on or after 1 September 2018, the level of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions measured in accordance with Commission Regulation (EU) 1151/2017 of 1 June 20176 , or (iii) the level of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions for a vehicle measured in accordance with the Commission Regulation referred to in subparagraph (
  5. ii)and determined using the correlation tool provided for in Commission Regulation (EU) 1153/2017 of 2 June 20177 , or (
  6. b)in the case of a heavy duty vehicle, the level of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions measured in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) 595/2009 of 18 June 20098 , and, (
  7. i)in the case of paragraph (a), displayed in accordance with the provisions of Council Directive 1999/94/EC of 13 December 19999 , and (
  8. ii)in the case of paragraph (
  9. a)or (b), contained in the relevant EC type-approval certificate or EC certificate of conformity or any other appropriate documentation which confirms compliance with any measures taken to give effect in the State to any act of the European Union relating to the approximation of the laws of Member States in respect of type-approval for the type of vehicle concerned; ‘registration certificate’ has the same meaning as in paragraph (
  10. c)of Article 2 of Council Directive 1999/37/EC of 29 April 199910 .”, (
  11. b)in section 380L, in subsections
(3)(c),
(4)(c),
(5)(a)(III) and
(6)(c), by substituting “D, E or F” for “D, E, F or G” in each place, and (c) in section 380M(c), by substituting “D, E or F” for “D, E, F or G”.
(2)Subsection
(1)shall apply to expenditure incurred on or after 1 January 2021 on— (
  1. a)the provision of a vehicle, or (
  2. b)the hiring of a vehicle, except where, prior to that date— (
  3. i)the contract for the hire of the vehicle was entered into, and (
  4. ii)the first payment required under that contract was made. Transfer Pricing 15.
(1)Part 35A of the Principal Act is amended, in subsection
(1)of section 835A, by inserting, in the definition of “relevant person” in that subsection, “(and for the purposes of sections 835F and 835G shall, in relation to an arrangement, include a person who is a supplier or an acquirer whose profits or gains or losses within the charge to tax would take account of any results of the arrangement)” after “results of the arrangement”.
(2)Part 35A of the Principal Act is further amended by substituting the following for section 835E: “Modification of basic rules on transfer pricing for arrangements between qualifying relevant persons 835E.
(1)For the purposes of this Part, but subject to subsection
(2), for a chargeable period, ‘qualifying relevant person’, in relation to an arrangement, means— (
  1. a)a relevant person— (
  2. i)who is chargeable to income tax or corporation tax under Schedule D for the chargeable period in respect of profits or gains or losses, the computation of which takes account of the actual results of the arrangement, and (
  3. ii)who, where that person is chargeable to income tax in respect of profits or gains or losses (and, as aforesaid, the computation of which takes account of the actual results of the arrangement), is resident in the State for the purposes of tax for the chargeable period, or (
  4. b)a person who, not being a relevant person to whom paragraph (
  5. a)applies, is a supplier or an acquirer who, under paragraph (c)(
  6. i)of subsection
(5), is regarded as a party to a qualifying loan arrangement.
(2)A person who is a qualifying company within the meaning of section 110 shall not be regarded, for the purposes of this Part, as a qualifying relevant person.
(3)For the purposes of this section, but subject to subsection
(5)(c)(ii), the computation of profits or gains or losses of a relevant person that are chargeable to income tax or corporation tax under Schedule D for the chargeable period, as the case may be, shall only be regarded as taking account of the actual results of an arrangement where— (
  1. a)in the case of an acquirer in relation to an arrangement, the actual consideration payable for an acquisition under the arrangement is directly taken into account in computing the amount of profits or gains or losses of the acquirer that are chargeable to tax under Schedule D, (
  2. b)in the case of a supplier in relation to an arrangement, the actual consideration receivable for a supply under the arrangement is directly taken into account in computing the amount of profits or gains or losses of the supplier that are chargeable to tax under Schedule D.
(4)Subject to subsections
(5)and
(6), where the actual consideration receivable by the supplier for a supply under an arrangement, or the actual consideration payable by the acquirer for an acquisition under an arrangement, is not greater than a nominal amount, the computation of profits or gains or losses of the supplier or the acquirer, as the case may be, that are chargeable to tax under Schedule D shall, for the purposes of this section, not be regarded as taking account of the actual results of that arrangement.
(5)(
  1. a)In this subsection a ‘qualifying loan arrangement’ for a chargeable period is an arrangement— (
  2. i)whereby a loan is made by a supplier to an acquirer, otherwise than in the course of a trade carried on by the supplier, and— (I) where the acquirer is a company referred to in clause (I) or (II) of subparagraph (ii), the acquirer is within the charge to corporation tax and the supplier is— (A) an individual who is resident in the State for the purposes of income tax, or (B) a company within the charge to corporation tax, or (II) where the acquirer is a company referred to in clause (III) of subparagraph (ii), both the supplier and the acquirer are companies within the charge to corporation tax, (
  3. ii)where the company who is the acquirer in relation to the arrangement is— (I) a company which exists wholly or mainly for the purposes of carrying on a trade or trades, (II) a company whose income consists wholly or mainly of profits or gains chargeable to tax under Case V of Schedule D, or (III) a company whose business consists wholly or mainly of the holding of shares directly in a company which exists wholly or mainly for the purposes of carrying on a trade or trades or whose income consists wholly or mainly of profits or gains chargeable to tax under Case V of Schedule D, (iii) where— (I) in the case of an acquirer referred to in clause (I) of subparagraph (ii), the acquirer is, for the chargeable period, chargeable to tax under Case I of Schedule D in respect of profits or gains or losses and the full amount of any interest chargeable on the loan would be directly taken into account in computing the amount of those profits or gains or losses, or (II) in the case of an acquirer referred to in clause (II) of subparagraph (ii), the acquirer is, for the chargeable period, chargeable to tax under Case V of Schedule D in respect of profits or gains or losses and the full amount of any interest chargeable on the loan would be directly taken into account in computing the amount of those profits or gains or losses, or (III) in the case of an acquirer referred to in clause (III) of subparagraph (ii), the proceeds of the loan are used by the acquirer to lend to another person (referred to in this clause as the ‘second arrangement’) and, in the chargeable period, interest is receivable by the acquirer under the second arrangement, which is directly taken into account in computing profits or gains or losses of the acquirer that are chargeable to tax under Schedule D (and where the second arrangement involves a person with whom the acquirer is associated, the amount of interest directly taken into account in computing those profits or gains or losses is not less than an arm’s length amount), but the following clause provides an alternative to this clause in the case of an acquirer referred to in subparagraph (ii)(III), or (IV) in the case of an acquirer referred to in clause (III) of subparagraph (ii), the proceeds of the loan are used by the acquirer to acquire ordinary shares directly in, or to subscribe for ordinary shares in, a company (in this clause referred to as a ‘relevant company’)— (A) which exists wholly or mainly for the purposes of carrying on a trade or trades or a company whose income consists wholly or mainly of profits or gains chargeable to tax under Case V of Schedule D, and (B) which, immediately following the acquisition or subscription, as the case may be, is a company with which the acquirer is associated, and arising from such acquisition, or subscription, as appropriate, of shares in the relevant company, the acquirer receives in the chargeable period, or in any period of three years that includes the chargeable period, an amount of dividends or other distributions, greater than a nominal amount, from the relevant company that are chargeable to tax under Schedule D or which would be chargeable to corporation tax but for section 129, and (
  4. iv)the arrangement is entered into for bona fide commercial reasons and not as part of a scheme or arrangement the main purpose of which, or one of the main purposes of which, is the avoidance of tax. (
  5. b)In the case of an acquirer referred to in clause (III) of paragraph (a)(ii), where, and to the extent that, the proceeds of a loan (in this paragraph referred to as the ‘replacement loan’) are used by the acquirer to repay a loan (referred to in this paragraph as the ‘original loan’)— (
  6. i)which was provided under an arrangement that, under paragraph (a), was regarded as a qualifying loan arrangement for a chargeable period, and (
  7. ii)the full proceeds of the original loan were used for a purpose specified in clause (III) or (IV) of paragraph (a)(iii), the proceeds of the replacement loan shall be deemed to be used for a purpose specified in clause (III) or (IV) of paragraph (a)(iii), as the case may be. (
  8. c)Where, for a chargeable period, an arrangement is a qualifying loan arrangement— (
  9. i)the supplier or the acquirer, as the case may be, shall, for the purposes of this section, be regarded as a party to a qualifying loan arrangement, but where clause (IV) of paragraph (a)(iii) or clause (III) of subsection
(6)(b)(iii) applies in relation to the qualifying loan arrangement, the supplier or the acquirer, as the case may be, shall only be regarded as a party to a qualifying loan arrangement where they are both resident for the purposes of tax in the State, and (ii) subsection
(8)shall apply to the supplier as if the supplier has, for the chargeable period, profits or gains or losses that are chargeable to tax under Schedule D, other than under Case I or II of Schedule D, the computation of which takes account of the actual results of the qualifying loan arrangement.
(6)(
  1. a)In this subsection, a reference to a ‘debt’ is a reference to an amount of money owed by an acquirer to a supplier, which— (
  2. i)arose directly from a supply of goods, services or assets under an arrangement to which section 835C
(1)applies (referred to in this subsection as the ‘underlying arrangement’), and (
  1. ii)is an amount of consideration for that supply and acquisition which, for bona fide commercial reasons, is unpaid. (
  2. b)Where, for a chargeable period, the following is the case— (
  3. i)a debt is owed by an acquirer to a supplier, which arose otherwise than in the course of a trade carried on by the supplier, and— (I) where the acquirer is a company referred to in clause (I) or (II) of subparagraph (ii), the acquirer is within the charge to corporation tax and the supplier is— (A) an individual who is resident in the State for the purposes of income tax, or (B) a company within the charge to corporation tax, or (II) where the acquirer is a company referred to in clause (III) of subparagraph (ii), both the supplier and the acquirer are companies within the charge to corporation tax, (
  4. ii)the company who is the acquirer is— (I) a company referred to in subsection
(5)(a)(ii)(I), (II) a company referred to in subsection
(5)(a)(ii)(II), or (III) a company referred to in subsection
(5)(a)(ii)(III), (iii) where— (I) in the case of an acquirer referred to in clause (I) of subparagraph (ii), the acquirer is, for the chargeable period, chargeable to tax under Case I of Schedule D in respect of profits or gains or losses and the full amount of any interest chargeable on the debt would be directly taken into account in computing the amount of those profits or gains or losses, or (II) in the case of an acquirer referred to in clause (II) of subparagraph (ii), the acquirer is, for the chargeable period, chargeable to tax under Case V of Schedule D in respect of profits or gains or losses and the full amount of any interest chargeable on the debt would be directly taken into account in computing the amount of those profits or gains or losses, or (III) in the case of an acquirer referred to in clause (III) of subparagraph (ii), the debt arose directly from the acquirer acquiring ordinary shares in, or subscribing for ordinary shares in, a relevant company (as referred to in clause (IV) of subsection
(5)(a)(iii)) and arising from such acquisition, or subscription, as appropriate, of shares in the relevant company, the acquirer receives in the chargeable period, or in any period of three years that includes the chargeable period, an amount of dividends or other distributions, greater than a nominal amount, from the relevant company that are chargeable to tax under Schedule D or which would be chargeable to corporation tax but for section 129, and (iv) the arrangement which gave rise to the debt was entered into for bona fide commercial reasons and not as part of a scheme or arrangement the main purpose of which, or one of the main purposes of which, was the avoidance of tax, then the debt owed from the acquirer to the supplier shall be deemed to be a qualifying loan arrangement within the meaning of subsection
(5)and subsection
(5)(
  1. c)shall apply with any necessary modifications. (
  2. c)An underlying arrangement, which gave rise to a debt which is regarded as a qualifying loan arrangement under paragraph (b), shall not be regarded as a qualifying loan arrangement by virtue of paragraph (b).
(7)This section shall apply to an arrangement involving a supplier and an acquirer who are, in respect of that arrangement, qualifying relevant persons.
(8)Where, in relation to an arrangement to which this section applies, for a chargeable period, a supplier or an acquirer, as the case may be, is chargeable to tax under Schedule D, other than under Case I or II of Schedule D, in respect of profits or gains or losses, the computation of which takes account of the actual results of the arrangement— (a) the profits or gains or losses of the supplier or the acquirer, as the case may be, shall be computed on the basis that section 835C does not apply in respect of that particular arrangement, and (b) section 835G
(2)shall not apply to the supplier or acquirer, as the case may be, in respect of that particular arrangement.
(9)Subsection
(8)shall not apply in the case of an arrangement involving a supplier and an acquirer who are qualifying relevant persons (in this subsection referred to as the ‘first-mentioned arrangement’) which is made as part of, or in connection with any scheme involving the acquirer in relation to the first-mentioned arrangement, or a person associated with the acquirer, entering into an arrangement with a person or persons who are not qualifying relevant persons (in this subsection referred to as the ‘second-mentioned arrangement’) and the sole or main purpose of the first-mentioned arrangement is to directly or indirectly obtain a tax advantage in connection with the second-mentioned arrangement.
(10)For the purposes of subsection
(9), ‘tax advantage’ has the same meaning as in section 811C.
(11)A supplier or an acquirer, as the case may be, shall maintain and have available such records as may reasonably be required for the purposes of determining whether the requirements of this section are met.”.
(3)This section shall come into operation on such day as the Minister for Finance may appoint by order. Amendment of Schedule 2 to Principal Act (machinery for assessment, charge and payment of tax under Schedule C and, in certain cases, Schedule D) 16.
(1)Schedule 2 to the Principal Act is amended in Part 4— (
  1. a)in paragraph 14— (
  2. i)by substituting the following for subparagraph
(1): “
(1)Subject to Chapter 2 of Part 3 and subparagraph
(3), every chargeable person shall, on making a payment of specified dividend income, deduct and retain a sum representing income tax at a rate of 25 per cent on that income and pay that income tax on behalf of the person entitled to that income.”, and (ii) by inserting the following subparagraph after subparagraph
(2): “
(3)Subparagraph
(1)shall not apply to a payment of specified dividend income to a company where that company— (
  1. a)is beneficially entitled to that income, and (
  2. b)is or will be within the charge to corporation tax in respect of that income.”, (
  3. b)in paragraph 15, by substituting the following for subparagraph
(3): “
(3)A return due under this Schedule shall be in a form prescribed by the Revenue Commissioners and shall include the following: (
  1. a)the name and address of the person to whom the payment of the specified dividend income is made; (
  2. b)the amount and type of the payment referred to in clause (a); (
  3. c)the amount of income tax deducted in respect of the payment referred to in clause (
  4. a)in accordance with paragraph 14
(1); (
  1. d)a declaration to the effect that the return is correct and complete.”, and (
  2. c)in paragraph 18, by substituting the following for subparagraph
(1): “
(1)A chargeable person shall keep records to distinguish the separate accounts of each of the persons entitled to receive specified dividend income and such records shall include— (
  1. a)the name and address of the person entitled to receive specified dividend income, (
  2. b)the amount and type of the specified dividend income payments paid to the person referred to in clause (a), (
  3. c)the amounts of income tax deducted in respect of the payments referred to in clause (
  4. c)in accordance with paragraph 14
(1), and (d) in the case of amounts payable out of any public revenue to the person referred to in clause (a), particulars of the public revenue out of which each separate amount is payable.”.
(2)Subsection
(1), other than paragraph (a), shall come into operation on such day as the Minister for Finance may appoint by order.
(3)Subsection
(1)(a) shall come into operation on 1 January 2021. Acceleration of wear and tear allowances for farm safety equipment 17.
(1)The Principal Act is amended— (a) in Chapter 2 of Part 9, by inserting the following section after section 285C: “Acceleration of wear and tear allowances for farm safety equipment 285D.
(1)In this section— ‘eligible person’ means a person carrying on farming, the profits or gains of which are chargeable to tax in accordance with section 655; ‘farming’ has the same meaning as it has in Part 23, other than in section 664; ‘Minister’ means the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine; ‘qualifying certificate’ means a certificate issued under subsection
(4); ‘qualifying equipment’ means equipment of a type specified in column
(1)of the table in Part 2 of Schedule 35 meeting the description specified in column
(2)of that table opposite the reference to that equipment type in column
(1)thereof; ‘qualifying expenditure’, in relation to an item of qualifying equipment, means the amount which, in the reasonable opinion of the Minister, is an appropriate purchase price; ‘relevant tax’, in relation to an eligible person— (
  1. a)where the eligible person is a company, means any corporation tax, and (
  2. b)where the eligible person is not a company, means any contributions paid under the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 , income tax or universal social charge; ‘Rescuing and Restructuring Guidelines’ means the Communication of the Commission on Guidelines on State aid for rescuing and restructuring non-financial undertakings in difficulty11 ; ‘SME’ has the same meaning as it has in Commission Regulation (EU) No. 702/2014 of 25 June 201412 ; ‘undertaking’ means the relevant economic unit that would be regarded as an undertaking for the purposes of the Rescuing and Restructuring Guidelines; ‘undertaking in difficulty’ shall be construed in accordance with section 2.2 of the Rescuing and Restructuring Guidelines.
(2)Where a person acquires qualifying equipment, the person may make an application to the Minister for a qualifying certificate in respect of the equipment.
(3)A person making an application to the Minister under subsection
(2)shall use the form provided by the Minister for that purpose and shall include the following information in the application: (
  1. a)in respect of each item of qualifying equipment to which the application relates— (
  2. i)a description of the equipment, and (
  3. ii)the purchase price of the equipment; (
  4. b)the name and address of the applicant; and (
  5. c)such other information, specified in the form provided by the Minister, as the Minister considers necessary and appropriate for the purposes of determining— (
  6. i)whether a certificate should be issued under subsection
(4), and (ii) the qualifying expenditure in respect of an item of qualifying equipment.
(4)Where— (a) a person makes an application to the Minister under subsection
(2), (
  1. b)the Minister is satisfied that the equipment concerned is qualifying equipment, and (
  2. c)subsection
(5)does not apply in respect of the equipment concerned, the Minister shall issue a certificate to the person.
(5)This subsection shall apply in respect of qualifying equipment in respect of which an application is made under subsection
(2)where the qualifying expenditure for that equipment exceeds an amount determined by the formula— €5,000,000 - M where— M is an amount (which may be nil) equal to the aggregate qualifying expenditure, if any, exclusive of any amount of value-added tax, in respect of which— (
  1. a)a qualifying certificate has been issued prior to the date on which the application was made, in the year in which the application was received, and (
  2. b)a qualifying certificate would be issued, if an appeal of a decision, made prior to the date on which the application was made, in the year in which the application was received, was successful.
(6)A qualifying certificate shall include the following information: (
  1. a)in respect of each item of qualifying equipment to which the certificate relates— (
  2. i)a description, and (
  3. ii)the qualifying expenditure; (
  4. b)a unique, sequential certificate identification number assigned by the Minister; (
  5. c)the name and address of the person to whom the certificate is issued; and (
  6. d)such other information as the Minister or the Revenue Commissioners consider necessary and appropriate.
(7)The Minister shall provide the Revenue Commissioners, by 28 February each year, with the details of all qualifying certificates issued during the preceding year, including, in relation to each such certificate, the information specified in subsection
(6).
(8)Where the Minister, following application in that behalf by a person under subsection
(2), decides— (
  1. a)not to issue a qualifying certificate, or (
  2. b)to issue a qualifying certificate specifying, as the qualifying expenditure in respect of an item of qualifying equipment to which the certificate relates, an amount which is lower than the amount of the purchase price of the item of equipment specified in the application, the Minister shall notify the person of that decision.
(9)A notification under subsection
(8)shall— (
  1. a)state the reasons for the decision, and (
  2. b)inform the person that— (
  3. i)the person may appeal the decision, by notice in writing (in this section referred to as a ‘notice of appeal’), to the appeals officer (within the meaning of section 667G) within 21 days of the date of the notification, (
  4. ii)the notice of appeal shall specify the grounds for the appeal, (iii) the decision shall be suspended until— (I) the decision becomes final under subsection
(12), or (II) the disposal of the appeal under this section.
(10)A notice of appeal shall comply with subsection
(9)(b)(
  1. i)and (
  2. ii)and shall be accompanied by such fee as may be determined by the Minister from time to time and published in such manner as the Minister considers appropriate, including on the internet.
(11)Where the Minister makes a decision referred to in subsection
(8), the decision shall be suspended until— (a) where subsection
(12)applies, the decision becomes final under that subsection, or (b) where subsection
(12)does not apply, the disposal of the appeal of that decision under this section.
(12)If, on the expiration of the period of 21 days beginning on the date of a notification under subsection
(8), no appeal under this section is made by the person notified under that subsection, the decision to which the notification relates is final.
(13)Subsections
(5)to
(10)of section 667G shall apply to an appeal under this section as they apply to an appeal under that section.
(14)Subject to subsections
(15)and
(16), where an eligible person— (
  1. a)incurs, for the purpose of farming by that person, capital expenditure on qualifying equipment on or after 1 January 2021 and on or before 31 December 2023, and (
  2. b)has been issued with a qualifying certificate in respect of that equipment, then, for any chargeable period a wear and tear allowance is to be made under section 284 in respect of any qualifying expenditure specified in that qualifying certificate, subsection
(2)of that section shall apply as if the reference in paragraph (ad) of that subsection to 12.5 per cent were a reference to 50 per cent.
(15)Subsection
(14)shall not apply where the eligible person concerned— (
  1. a)is an undertaking in difficulty, (
  2. b)is part of an undertaking part of which is subject to an outstanding recovery order following a previous decision of the Commission of the European Union that declared an aid illegal and incompatible with the internal market, or (
  3. c)is part of an undertaking that is not an SME.
(16)The aggregate amount of relief granted to a person under this section shall not exceed €500,000.
(17)This subsection applies to a person in respect of a chargeable period where the aggregate of the amount of the relief granted to the person in that chargeable period and in previous chargeable periods is greater than €60,000.
(18)Notwithstanding section 851A, where subsection
(17)applies to a person in respect of a chargeable period, the Revenue Commissioners may disclose the following information in respect of the year in which the chargeable period ends: (
  1. a)the name of the person; (
  2. b)the sector of activity at NACE group level, within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No. 1893/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 200613 , as amended by Regulation (EC) No. 295/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 200814 and Regulation (EU) 2019/1243 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 201915 ; (
  3. c)the territorial unit, within the meaning of the NUTS Level 2 classification specified in Annex 1 to Regulation (EC) No. 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 200316 as amended by Regulation (EC) No. 1888/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 200517 , Commission Regulation (EC) No. 105/2007 of 1 February 200718 , Regulation (EC) No. 176/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 February 200819 , Regulation (EC) No. 1137/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 200820 , Commission Regulation (EU) No. 31/2011 of 17 January 201121 , Council Regulation (EU) No. 517/2013 of 13 May 201322 , Commission Regulation (EU) No. 1319/2013 of 9 December 201323 , Commission Regulation (EU) No. 868/2014 of 8 August 201424 , Commission Regulation (EU) No. 2016/2066 of 21 November 201625 , and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1755 of 8 August 201926 , in which the person is located; and (
  4. d)the year in which the relief is granted.
(19)For the purposes of subsections
(16)and
(17), the amount of relief granted to a person in a chargeable period shall be the amount determined by the formula— R = A - B where— R is the amount of the relief granted to the person in the chargeable period, A is the amount of relevant tax that would be payable by the eligible person for the chargeable period, but for subsection
(14), and B is the amount of relevant tax payable by the eligible person for that chargeable period.”, (b) in section 667F
(1), by substituting “for the purposes of appeals under sections 285D and 667G” for “for the purposes of an appeal under section 667G”, and (c) by inserting the following Schedule after Schedule 34: “SCHEDULE 35 Section 285D PART 1 Definitions In this Schedule— ‘farm vehicle’ means an agricultural tractor, agricultural self-propelled machine, all-terrain vehicle or utility terrain vehicle; ‘machinery Directive’ means Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on machinery, and amending Directive 95/16/EC (recast) 27 . PART 2 Qualifying equipment referred to in section 285D Equipment type
(1)Description
(2)Hydraulic linkage arms mounted tractor jacking systems. An agricultural tractor jacking system that uses either the rear or front mounted lower linkage arms to enable an agricultural tractor to be lifted so that one or more wheels may be replaced on the agricultural tractor. The jacking system shall bear CE marking in accordance with Article 16 of the machinery Directive and be in conformity with the requirements of that Directive. Big bag (equal to or greater than 500kg) lifter, with or without integral bag cutting system. Lifting system for bags of fertiliser or seed of 500kg mass or greater. The system shall be mounted on either the three-point linkage of an agricultural tractor, front loader of an agricultural tractor or mounted on a fertiliser or seed drill. The lifter shall be capable of securely holding the bag and raising the bag over a fertilizer spreader or seed drill. The system may have an integral system for automatically opening the bag. The lifting system shall bear CE marking in accordance with Article 16 of the machinery Directive and be in conformity with the requirements of that Directive. Chemical storage cabinets. A storage cabinet fitted with a locking device and integral bund for the storage of pesticides and other chemicals. The cabinet may be made of metal or hard plastic, or a combination of both. The cabinet shall be suitably vented to prevent a build-up of fumes. Animal anti-backing gate for use in cattle crush or race. Device to be mounted on the side of a cattle crush or cattle crush race to prevent an animal from reversing along the cattle crush or cattle crush race. The device shall allow an animal to pass up along the cattle crush or cattle crush race and shall be either automatically or manually moved into position once an animal has passed. Quick hitch mechanism for rear and front three-point linkage to enable hitching of implements without need to descend from tractor. A one-part or two-part system to enable the hitching of implements to an agricultural tractor three-point linkage without having to descend from the agricultural tractor. The system shall be connected to the three-point hydraulic linkage of the agricultural tractor and enable the agricultural tractor to link to an implement. The system shall bear CE marking in accordance with Article 16 of the machinery Directive and be in conformity with the requirements of that Directive. Provision of access lift, hoist or integrated ramp to farm vehicle, including modified entry when required. Provision of an integrated ramp, lift or hoist to facilitate access to a farm vehicle by a disabled person. The system may incorporate a modified side or rear entry to enable access. The lift or hoist system shall bear CE marking in accordance with Article 16 of the machinery Directive and be in conformity with the requirements of that Directive. Wheelchair restraints. Provision of wheelchair restraints within a farm vehicle. Wheelchair docking station. Provision of wheelchair docking station within a farm vehicle. Modified controls to enable full hand operation of a farm vehicle. Extensive reconfiguration of primary controls necessary to enable a farm vehicle to be driven and operated by a disabled person. Modified seating to enable operation of a farm vehicle. Provision of an extensively modified seat to enable operation of a farm vehicle by a disabled person. Additional steps to farm vehicle or machinery to provide easier access. Additional steps to farm vehicle or machinery to provide easier access. The additional steps shall bear CE marking in accordance with Article 16 of the machinery Directive and be in conformity with the requirements of that Directive. Modified farm vehicle or machinery controls to enable control by hand or foot. Extensive reconfiguration of controls necessary to enable a farm vehicle or farm machinery to be operated by a disabled person. Hydraulically located lower three-point linkage arms. Provision of a hydraulic system to control the location of the lower three-point linkage arms of a farm vehicle. .”.
(2)Subsection
(1)shall come into operation on such day as the Minister for Finance may appoint by order. Chapter 5 Corporation Tax Amendment of section 288 of Principal Act (balancing allowances and balancing charges) 18.
(1)Section 288 of the Principal Act is amended, in subsection (3C), by substituting “incurred before 14 October 2020 on the provision” for “incurred on the provision”.
(2)Subsection
(1)shall have effect as on and from 14 October 2020. Amendment of section 481 of Principal Act (relief for investment in films) 19. Section 481 of the Principal Act is amended in subsection (1B)(
  1. b)— (
  2. a)in subparagraph (i), by substituting “2021” for “2020”, (
  3. b)in subparagraph (ii), by substituting “after 31 December 2021 but on or before 31 December 2022” for “after 31 December 2020 but on or before 31 December 2021”, (
  4. c)in subparagraph (iii), by substituting “after 31 December 2022 but on or before 31 December 2023” for “after 31 December 2021 but on or before 31 December 2022”, and (
  5. d)in subparagraph (iv), by substituting “2023” for “2022”. Amendment of Part 35B of Principal Act (controlled foreign companies) 20.
(1)The Principal Act is amended by inserting the following section after section 835Y: “Non-cooperative jurisdictions: modified application of sections 835T, 835U and 835V 835YA.
(1)In this section, ‘listed territory’ means a territory included in Annex 1 of the Council conclusions on the revised EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes28 , as replaced by the EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes - Report by the Code of Conduct Group (business taxation) suggesting amendments to the Annexes to the Council conclusions of 18 February 202029 .
(2)Where, in an accounting period of a controlled foreign company, the territory in which the controlled foreign company is resident is a listed territory, sections 835T, 835U and 835V shall not apply in respect of that accounting period.”.
(2)Subsection
(1)shall apply in respect of an accounting period beginning on or after 1 January 2021. Amendment of Part 35C of Principal Act (hybrid mismatches) 21.
(1)Section 835AA of the Principal Act is amended— (a) in subsection
(2)— (
  1. i)by substituting the following for paragraph (e): “(
  2. e)where— (
  3. i)both enterprises are entities, (
  4. ii)one enterprise (which is other than a non-consolidating entity) is included in the same consolidated financial statements as the other enterprise, and (iii) the consolidated financial statements referred to in subparagraph (
  5. ii)are prepared under— (I) international accounting standards, or (II) Irish generally accepted accounting practice,”, and (
  6. ii)by substituting the following for paragraph (f): “(
  7. f)where— (
  8. i)both enterprises are entities, and (
  9. ii)one enterprise (which is other than a non-consolidating entity)— (I) is— (A) not included in consolidated financial statements, or (B) included in consolidated financial statements prepared other than under an accounting practice referred to in paragraph (e), and (II) would, if consolidated financial statements were prepared under the accounting practice referred to in paragraph (e)(iii)(I), be included in the same consolidated financial statements as the other enterprise,”, (
  10. b)in subsection
(6), by substituting “Subject to subsection
(7), references in this Part” for “References in this Part”, and (c) by inserting the following subsection after subsection
(6): “
(7)References in this Part to a transaction between associated enterprises shall not include a reference to a transaction between enterprises who were associated enterprises at the time the transaction was entered into or formed, but are neither— (
  1. a)associated enterprises at the time the payment arises under the transaction, nor (
  2. b)associated enterprises at the time a deduction in respect of the payment referred to in paragraph (
  3. a)arises, and it is reasonable to consider that the arrangement as a result of which those enterprises ceased to be associated enterprises was entered into for bona fide commercial reasons and does not form part of any arrangement of which the main purpose, or one of the main purposes, is to avoid the application of this Part.”.
(2)Section 835AB of the Principal Act is amended— (a) in subsection
(1)— (
  1. i)in paragraph (c), by deleting “or”, (
  2. ii)in paragraph (d), by substituting “two or more such hybrid entities, or” for “two or more such hybrid entities,”, and (iii) by inserting the following paragraph after paragraph (d): “(
  3. e)where the entity is an entity on which a controlled foreign company charge or foreign company charge is made in respect of two or more hybrid entities, two or more such hybrid entities,”, and (
  4. b)in subsection
(3)— (
  1. i)in subparagraph (i), by deleting “or”, (
  2. ii)in subparagraph (ii), by substituting “two or more such hybrid entities, or” for “two or more such hybrid entities,”, and (iii) by inserting the following subparagraph after subparagraph (ii): “(iii) where the entity referred to in subsection
(1)is an entity on which a controlled foreign company charge or foreign company charge is made in respect of two or more hybrid entities, two or more such hybrid entities,”.
(3)Section 835AL of the Principal Act is amended— (a) in subsection
(1), by substituting “Subject to subsection (1A), a payment to a hybrid entity” for “A payment to a hybrid entity”, and (b) by inserting the following subsection after subsection
(1): “(1A) A payment to a hybrid entity deduction without inclusion mismatch outcome shall not arise under subsection
(1)in respect of a payment to a hybrid entity where the participator is an entity that, under the laws of the territory in which it is established, is exempt from tax which generally applies to profits or gains in that territory.”. Amendment of section 769Q of Principal Act (application) 22. Section 769Q of the Principal Act is amended by substituting “1 January 2023” for “1 January 2021”. Chapter 6 Capital Gains Tax Amendment of section 541 of Principal Act (debts) 23.
(1)Section 541 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting the following subsection after subsection
(6): “(6A) (a) Notwithstanding subsection
(6), where a debt owed by a bank which is not in the currency of the State, and which is represented by a sum standing to the credit of a person in an account in the bank, is transferred by the person in whole or in part to another account of that person in the bank concerned, or in any other bank, in the same currency, the transfer (referred to in paragraph (
  1. b)as a ‘transfer to which paragraph (
  2. a)applies’) shall be treated as if it were made for a consideration of such amount as would secure that neither a gain nor a loss would accrue to that person on that transfer. (
  3. b)On any disposal of the debt or part of the debt by the person who is the holder of the account referred to in paragraph (a), other than any further transfer to which paragraph (
  4. a)applies, the acquisition cost of the debt or part of the debt taken into account in computing the amount of any gain accruing to that person on the disposal shall be determined as if the transfer, or any further transfer, to which paragraph (
  5. a)applies had not occurred.”.
(2)This section applies to disposals made on or after the date of the passing of this Act. Amendment of section 597AA of Principal Act (revised entrepreneur relief) 24.
(1)Section 597AA of the Principal Act is amended— (a) in subsection
(1)(a), by substituting the following definition for the definition of “relevant individual”: “‘relevant individual’ means an individual— (
  1. a)who has been the beneficial owner of an asset or an interest in an asset to which subparagraph (
  2. i)of the definition of ‘chargeable business asset’ in subsection
(2)(
  1. a)applies for a continuous period of not less than 3 years in the 5 years immediately prior to the disposal of that asset, or (
  2. b)who has been the beneficial owner of a holding of ordinary shares to which subparagraph (
  3. ii)of the definition of ‘chargeable business asset’ in subsection
(2)(
  1. a)applies for a continuous period of not less than 3 years at any time prior to the disposal of those shares;”, and (
  2. b)in subsection
(2)(a)(ii), by substituting the following clause for clause (A): “(A) has owned not less than 5 per cent of the ordinary shares for a continuous period of not less than 3 years at any time prior to the disposal of those shares, and”.
(2)This section shall apply to disposals of chargeable business assets made on or after 1 January 2021. Amendment of section 629 of Principal Act (deferral of exit tax) 25.
(1)Section 629
(9)of the Principal Act is amended by substituting the following paragraph for paragraph (a): “(a) Simple interest shall be payable in respect of an amount of tax which is due and payable and which remains unpaid, and shall be calculated, from the specified date to the date of payment, for any day or part of a day during which that amount of tax remains unpaid (and by reference to the outstanding balance of that amount, as distinct from being by reference to an amount of a particular instalment due) at the prevailing rate specified in the Table to subsection
(2)(c)(ii) of section 1080.”.
(2)This section shall apply to amounts of tax referred to in section 629 of the Principal Act which remain unpaid on or after 14 October
  1. PART 2 Excise Rates of tobacco products tax
  2. The Finance Act 2005 is amended with effect as on and from 14 October 2020 by substituting the following for Schedule 2: “SCHEDULE 2 Rates of Tobacco Products Tax (With effect as on and from 14 October 2020) ”. Amendment of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of, and Schedules 2 and 2A to, Finance Act 1999 (mineral oil tax) 27.
(1)The Finance Act 1999 is amended with effect as on and from 14 October 2020— (
  1. a)in section 96(1B), by substituting “A is the amount to be charged per tonne of CO2 emitted, being €33.50 in the case of petrol, aviation gasoline, and heavy oil used as a propellant or for air navigation or for private pleasure navigation, and €26 in the case of each other description of mineral oil in Schedule 2A” for “A is the amount, €26, to be charged per tonne of CO2 emitted”, (
  2. b)by substituting the following schedule for Schedule 2: “SCHEDULE 2 Rates of Mineral Oil Tax (With effect as on and from 14 October 2020) ”, and (
  3. c)by substituting the following schedule for Schedule 2A: “SCHEDULE 2A Carbon Charge (With effect as on and from 14 October 2020) ”,
(2)The Finance Act 1999 is further amended with effect as on and from 1 May 2021— (
  1. a)in section 96— (
  2. i)by substituting the following for subsection (1A): “(1A) (
  3. a)Where a rate is specified in Schedule 2A for any description of mineral oil, that rate, referred to in this Chapter as the ‘carbon charge’, is included in the rate of tax specified in Schedule 2 for that description of mineral oil. (
  4. b)The rate of tax per 1,000 litres specified for each description of mineral oil, other than vehicle gas in Schedule 2A, is in proportion to the emissions of CO2 from the combustion of the description of mineral oil concerned. (
  5. c)The rate of tax per megawatt hour at gross calorific value specified for vehicle gas in Schedule 2A is in proportion to the emissions of CO2 from the combustion of natural gas.”, and (
  6. ii)by deleting subsections (1B) and (1C), (
  7. b)in section 98
(1)— (
  1. i)by substituting “rate specified in the Table to this subsection” for “rate, for heavy oil of €71.32 per 1,000 litres, and for liquefied petroleum gas of €48.06 per 1,000 litres”, and (
  2. ii)by inserting the following table to that subsection: “TABLE ”, (
  3. c)by substituting the following schedule for Schedule 2 (amended by subsection
(1)(b)): “SCHEDULE 2 Rates of Mineral Oil Tax ”, and (d) by substituting the following schedule for Schedule 2A (amended by subsection
(1)(c)): “SCHEDULE 2A Carbon Charge ”, Amendment of section 67 of Finance Act 2010 (natural gas carbon tax) 28. Section 67 of the Finance Act 2010 is amended with effect as on and from 1 May 2021— (a) by substituting the following subsection for subsection
(1): “
(1)Subject to the provisions of this Chapter and any regulations made under it, a duty of excise, to be known as natural gas carbon tax, shall be charged, levied and paid at the rate specified in column
(2)of the Table to this subsection with effect as on and from the date specified in column
(1)of that Table on all natural gas, other than natural gas subject to mineral oil tax under section 95
(1)(
  1. b)of the Finance Act 1999 , supplied in the State by a supplier. TABLE Rate of Natural Gas Carbon Tax ”, and (
  2. b)by substituting the following subsection for subsection
(3): “
(3)The rate of tax per megawatt hour at gross calorific value for natural gas specified in the Table to subsection
(1)is in proportion to the emissions of CO2 from the combustion of natural gas.”. Amendment of Chapter 3 of Part 3 of, and Schedule 1 to, Finance Act 2010 (solid fuel carbon tax) 29. The Finance Act 2010 is amended with effect as on and from 1 May 2021— (a) by substituting the following section for section 78: “78.
(1)Subject to the provisions of this Chapter and any regulations made under it, a duty of excise, to be known as solid fuel carbon tax, shall be charged, levied and paid at the rate specified in column
(2)of Schedule 1 with effect as on and from the date specified in column
(1)of that Schedule in respect of each description of solid fuel specified in Schedule 1 supplied in the State by a supplier.
(2)The rate of tax per tonne for each description of solid fuel specified in Schedule 1 is in proportion to the emissions of CO2 from the combustion of the solid fuel concerned.”, and (b) by substituting the following schedule for Schedule 1: “SCHEDULE 1 Rates of Solid Fuel Carbon Tax ”, Amendment of section 104 of Finance Act 2001 (reliefs) 30.
(1)Section 104 of the Finance Act 2001 is amended in subsection
(1)— (
  1. a)by inserting the following paragraph after paragraph (b): “(
  2. ba)to the armed forces of a State party to the North

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