Join a host of leading tax experts for our Dublin Conference in association with Grant Thornton.
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Join AIA and leading tax experts for our Dublin Conference on 6 September 2024.
The conference will provide an opportunity to network with fellow accounting and finance professionals.
Attendance at the event will provide you with 7 CPD units.
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Registration |
| 10:30 - 10:35 | Welcome & AIA Update - Sharon Gorman |
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10:35 - 11:35 |
Session 1 |
Income Tax Pay & File - What to watch out for - Mary Moran, Tax Director, Grant Thornton We will cover what is new for 2024 and common problems to watch out for when filing. This will cover recent Revenue changes to the Form 11. |
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11:55 - 12:55
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Session 2 |
Hot Topics in VAT - Beatriz Artal, Associate Director - Tax, Grant Thornton The purpose of this presentation is to provide the attendees with an overview of topical areas of VAT in the current environment and how businesses should be dealing with them. One of the topics that we will cover is the provision of emergency accommodation and how it affects the recovery of input VAT credits and the adjustments to the capital goods records. We will also cover the topic of VAT on property. Every property transaction has a VAT consequence. Some examples are as follows:
Another topic that we will cover is the VAT recovery on deal fees in M&A transactions and the importance of obtaining advice to set up the optimal structure followed by the implementation of this advice. Lastly, we will provide an update on VAT in the Digital Age (ViDA) which will introduce major changes to the EU’s VAT system which businesses will be required to implement by 1 July 2030. |
| 12:55 - 13:45 | Lunch |
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13:45 - 14:45 |
Session 3 |
Update on Employer Taxes & Topical Issues - Michelle Dunne, Grant Thornton Taxation of benefits in kind with particular emphasis on Revenue attitude to staff entertainment and related areas. She will cover travel and subsistence issues and how the new enhanced reporting (ERR) provisions impact on business. She will speak on best approach to Revenue interaction relating specifically to employer taxes and how best to regularise issues, qualifying disclosures and self- corrections as well as rules for PAYE settlement agreements. This will include updates on typical areas of weakness such as employee expenses, BIK on various areas including professional subscriptions, Directors loans, small benefits exemption (SBE), remote working issues etc. |
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15:05 - 16:05
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Session 4 |
Revenue Interventions - A Timely Revisit - Jim Kelly, Grant Thornton This is a timely update on Revenue interventions and the Revenue Compliance intervention framework. There are significant challenges for taxpayers and tax practitioners in dealing with ever increasing tax compliance and reporting obligations and in dealing with the various Revenue interventions which may arise from time to time. This presentation will update attendees in relation to the current version of the Code of Practice for Revenue Compliance Interventions and also in relation to current Revenue structure and projects currently ongoing in different Revenue Divisions. The objective is to assist in preparation for interventions and understanding the implications of qualifying disclosures as regards various sanctions from tax geared penalties to publication and beyond. The session will deal with the various types of tax dispute including tax appeals and how best to advise clients in that space. You will gain an appreciation of the different levels of interventions including full Revenue audits and investigations and how they are dealt with in the current Code. You will also see how tax defaults can best be regularised with minimal costs in terms of interest and penalties in all areas of personal and corporate tax and how best to protect your client in the event of a Revenue risk review, audit or investigation. |
| 16:05 - 16:20 | Networking |
Mary Moran joined Grant Thornton in 2014 and now leads our Private Client Advisory Tax Team.
Her experience covers a broad range of clients from High Net Worth individuals, Property investors to company directors
Mary has extensive knowledge and experience within the Private Client sector. She specialises in providing bespoke tax advice to High Net Worth Irish families including succession planning and transferring to the next generation.
Mary is a member of The Irish Taxation Institute (CTA). She holds a Bachelor of Business (Honours) in Economics & Finance from Maynooth University.
Beatriz Artal has been with Grant Thornton since 2018, she has 14 years of experience in European VAT. She has done various VAT/GST implementations in Malaysia, India, UAE and Saudi Arabia and SAP implementations. She has extensive experience in VAT compliance and VAT recovery for European and non-European companies and cross border transactions.
Beatriz has been involved in a number of due diligence projects and she has worked on the co-ordination of global tax compliance and advisory services for high profile/multinational companies. She has been seconded to multinational companies and advised on restructuring of the internal VAT processes in light of the changing VAT landscape across the EU.
Beatriz holds a degree in Business Administration from the University of Zaragoza (Spain). She also completed an Erasmus program in Innsbruck (Austria), along with a VAT Diploma from the Institute of Indirect Taxation (IIT). She is also a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).
Since joining Grant Thornton’s tax department in 2016, Michelle Dunne has specialised in providing advice to clients on Irish employment tax related matters.
She assists employers with PAYE Revenue Audits and compliance interventions along with reporting on PAYE tax related considerations for due diligence projects.
Michelle has worked extensively with employers on providing advice on the Irish tax treatment of employee benefit programmes including implementation of tax efficient reward structures such as share schemes.
She provides global mobility tax advice in the area of secondments, assignments and cross border working arrangements. Michelle has also worked with employers in the provision of tax advices concerning workforce restructuring programmes.
Jim Kelly joined Grant Thornton in 2003. He has over 25 years’ experience in all areas of Irish taxation having spent 10 years with the Revenue Commissioners and subsequently working as a director of taxation with PKF Dublin which merged with Grant Thornton in 2003.
Jim is an experienced professional having dealt with all aspects of Irish taxation including personal taxation, corporate taxation, VAT, Relevant Contracts Tax, retirement and estate planning, group reorganisations, international tax issues, intellectual property structuring and preparing for and negotiating Revenue audits. He has extensive experience in advising international and domestic organisations involved in manufacturing, construction and retail.
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Sharon is accountable for the professional development of AIA members; specifically delivering a programme of continuing professional development for members and ensuring compliance with CPD requirements.