Click on the link below for information on the Budget 2020 which was announced on the 8th of October 2019.

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From 1 January 2019, employers will be obliged to report their employees’ pay and deductions to Revenue when or before they pay them. These new reporting obligations involve the most significant changes to the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) system since its introduction in the 1960s.

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The PAYE Modernisation Project will involve the most significant reform of the PAYE system since its introduction in 1960. Employers will need to calculate and report their employees’ pay and deductions as they are being paid. The new real time reporting regime will be operational for all employee payments being made from 1 January 2019. Employers, agents and payroll providers will need to review their business processes and practices so they meet the new requirements.

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Our office closes on Friday 21st December 2018 and re-opens on Wednesday 2nd January 2019.

We would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Revenue is very aware of the difficulties that affected many households and businesses as a result of the recent storms and is conscious that these may have impacted on preparations to meet the upcoming online Pay and File deadline.

In order to assist customers and practitioners impacted by power outages, Revenue has today advised that the deadline to Pay and File online has been extended to midnight on Thursday 16 November 2017.

The ROS and Payment Support helpdesks will be open until 8pm on the nights leading up to the new deadline, and will remain open until midnight on 16 November, to assist with filing returns and making payments right up to the deadline.

The deadline for paper filers is 31 October 2017 and this remains unchanged.

Click on the link below for information on Budget 2018 announced on October 10th.

http://budget.gov.ie/Budgets/2018/2018.aspx

Click on the link below for infomrationon Budget 2017 announced on October 11th.

http://budget.gov.ie/Budgets/2017/2017.aspx

For the tax years 2012 to 2017 inclusive, relief from taxation may be claimed on a proportion of income earned by individuals who are resident in the State but who spend significant amounts of time working in a “relevant state”. The relief applies for the years of assessment 2012 to 2017 and does not apply to Universal Social Charge or PRSI.

The Collector-General’s office will assume responsibility for tax clearance with effect from 1 April 2016.
 
The vast majority of taxpayers now apply for tax clearance via the new on-line facility (e-Tax Clearance), without any need to contact Revenue.

This Budget announces the biggest business energy tax reforms since the taxes were introduced.

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The KMCA office will close on Christmas Eve and re-open on 4th January, 2016. We would like to thank all our clients for their support in 2015 and we wish all our clients, colleagues and associates a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Congratulations to our trainees on their recent exam successes; we wish them every success in the new year as they progress through their accountancy exams.

Finance Minister Michael Noonan delivered the 2016 Budget on 13th October 2015.

Click here for the Revenue Commissioner's Budget Summary 2016.

The Companies Act 2014 Law Update, as commenced on the 1st June 2015 is available to download below.

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The closing date for making Personal Fund Threshold (PFT) applications is 2 July 2015 with no provision for late applications. The system will not be available after 2 July 2015.

For Defined Benefit Schemes, the statements must show the actual calculation of the accrued benefit at 1 January 2014, calculated in accordance with the legislation, and not the prospective benefit that the individual that the individual will be entitled to at a future retirement date.  For Defined Contribution Schemes, the statement should show the value of the fund at the relevant date (no other date is acceptable for PFT purposes).

In the UK, the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has announced that there will be a summer Budget on Wednesday, 8 July 2015.

Revenue have updated their information on income tax credits, reliefs and rates applicable for the 2014 and 2015 tax years.

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We're delighted to announce recent exam success for KMCA employees Martin Rooney, Dolores Ann Galbraith and Amie McDonagh!                                

Following Martin Rooney's recent FAE success, congratulations are also due to two more KMCA employees! Dolores Ann Galbraith has passed her CAP 2 exams with Chartered Accountants Ireland and now progresses to FAE stage; congratulations also to Amie McDonagh who passed her CAP 1 exams with Chartered Accountants Ireland and now progresses to CAP 2 stage. Well done all concerned!

Check out the latest edition of the Financial Reporting Council’s (FRC) quarterly e-Newsletter which has just been issued: it details many recent developments in financial reporting particularly in connection with the implementation of the EU Accounting Directive.

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The bi-monthly round up of the latest developments in tax, HMRC service and consultations for accountants and tax professionals.
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The Minister for Finance announced the Irish budget for 2015 in the Dáil on 14th October 2015.  We attach our summary of the key facts and figures announced.
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We have moved offices to 18 Pembroke Road, Dublin 4. The move arose out of the redevelopment of Earlsfort Terrace / Hatch Street area. We apologise for any inconvenience during the move and aim to keep disruption to a minimum. We look forward to welcoming our clients to our new offices.

A Summary of the Budget 2014, Tax Facts and Figures.

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Practitioners are reminded that the Pay & File deadline for ROS Customers is 14th November 2013. To avail of this deadline, customers must file the 2012 Form 11 return and make the appropriate payment through ROS for:

• Preliminary Tax for 2013,
• Income Tax balance due for 2012.

The government will publish its 2014 budget on 15 October 2013. This will be the third budget published by this government. The adjustments to government spending that is required has been widely commented upon in the press however we cannot be certain at this point in time about the scale of both fiscal and spending adjustments.

The new Personal Insolvency Act 2012 came in to law last December and it radically changes the way that personal debt is dealt with in Ireland. Individuals in debt with arrears will now have 3 options to deal with debt and creditors going forward. The options available depend if you debt is secured or unsecured:

FRS 102 is the Financial Reporting Standard (FRS) applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (known as new UK and Irish GAAP), including the reduced disclosures available for ‘qualifying entities’ reporting under this FRS. This FRS is based upon the IASB’s IFRS for SME’s but has been significantly amended.