Legislation & Policy Monitor (Irish Tax Review 2019 Issue 4)
On Budget Day Revenue launched a consultation on dividend withholding tax (DWT) real-time reporting. This follows the Budget announcement of plans to modify the DWT regime by using real-time data received under PAYE Modernisation to personalise the rate of DWT payable on distributions. Under the new regime Revenue will provide a personal withholding rate to allow companies that pay dividends directly to individuals to calculate the DWT to be deducted for each individual. The gross dividend paid and the associated DWT will then... … The contents of Revenue’s Tax and Duty Manual Part 42-04-69 are no longer relevant as the List of Employees was required to be submitted during 2018 in preparation for PAYE Modernisation.
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