There can be some confusion about entitlement to bank holiday pay in Ireland. For example – many people are unsure if Christmas Eve is a Bank Holiday. (it isn’t). Christmas Eve , New Year’s Eve and Good Friday are not public holidays and workers are not entitled to bank holiday pay for those days. Christmas […]
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Wages
Holiday Pay for St Patrick’s Day 2023
St. Patrick’s Day 2023 falls on Friday March 17th and is a Public Holiday in Ireland. It is a requirement that full-time employees, and eligible part-time employees, are given their public holiday statutory entitlement for Friday 17th March 2023. So how does this affect workers in Ireland and their entitlement to time off or Holiday […]
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Taxation of the Covid Wage Subsidy
Revenue has always stated that the Covid Wage Subsidy will be subject to USC and Income Tax eventually – but not while it is being paid out. Employees will be liable for any tax on the subsidy amount by way of review at the end of the tax year. (There will also be Tax due […]
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Income Tax Changes For Recipients of Pandemic Payments.
PAYE Tax Changes Revenue has made some Income Tax Changes For Recipients of the Pandemic Payments. They have changed the tax basis for all employees that received payments under either the Wage Subsidy Scheme or the Pandemic Unemployment Payment.All affected employees have been moved on to Week 1 basis. Revenue sent notifications to employers to […]
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COVID19 Wage Subsidy
A new Wage Subsidy scheme was announced in March which is aimed at allowing employers to pay their employees something during the current COVID pandemic. Some changes are being made to this scheme from May 1st – The changes will mean an 85% subsidy instead of 70% for lower paid workers and will also mean […]
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