Revised USC Frequently Asked Questions

Revised USC FAQs dated 15th March 2011 have been published on the Revenue website at www.revenue.ie/en/tax/usc/universal-social-charge-faqs.pdf

Annual membership fees of a professional body

Finance Act 2011 – change to section 118(5E) Taxes Consolidation Act 1997

For the tax years 2004 to 2010, Section 118(5E) TCA 1997 provided that expenses incurred by an employer on behalf of an employee in connection with the payment (or reimbursement) of annual membership fees of a professional body were exempt from tax where such membership was regarded as “relevant to the business” of the employer.

Share-Based Remuneration - Finance Act 2011 Changes

The Budget and Finance Act 2011 made several changes to share-based remuneration, in particular charging certain gains made by employees to universal social charge (USC) and to PRSI. These changes also impact on employers who are to be responsible for deduction and payment of most of the relevant charges.

EuroPayX - Irish Language P60's

EuroPayX irish payroll package has now improved its support for the Irish language by including Irish Language versions of the P60 and Levy cert prints. This complements our already available Irish language payslip stationery. We would be insterested to hear any suggestions as to how to improve the Irish language support within EuroPayX, you can do so by making comments or by emailing us @ info@ardbrook.ie

New Programme for Government

The programme for government of the new Fine Gael / Labour government has been published and contains some proposals that will effect taxation

Ardbrook Website given a Facelift!

Ardbrook's website http://www.ardbrook.ie/ has been given a facelift! This, we hope, will make it easier to locate infomation regarding our irish payroll products and our electronic payments software. So if you find any problems on the new website, just post a comment below so that it can be corrected.