Exploring e-Withholding Taxes to future proof tax compliance in Ireland

This project, supported by the European Commission, is aligned to the Irish Revenue’s strategic objective to integrate taxation into daily life and business processes and expand real-time engagement and reporting by taxpayers.  This project is expected to enhance tax compliance and modernise the tax administration system in Ireland, with the focus on platform and gig (workers engaged in freelance or side-hustle work) economies. This will be done through design of an e-withholding tax on the platform economy, while modernising current withholding taxes and reviewing the Third-Party Reporting Regime. The associated outcomes should over the longer-term contribute towards increased revenue collection, enhanced tax compliance, improved general business environment and decreased administrative burden for taxpayers.

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