Employment Investment Incentive

Employment Investment Incentive (EII) and Start-up Relief for Entrepreneurs

Finance Act 2018 – Business Tax

The Act aims to simplify the legislation provisions of the income tax reliefs for investment in corporate trades.

The most significant change being the move away from the current application process to a system whereby companies will now self-certify that they have met the conditions. It amends the trigger points in relation to when claims can be made, tying all claims to a requirement to have spent 30% of the money on a qualifying purpose rather than the various trigger points which currently apply under existing provisions. EII and SURE reliefs will be able to run until the end of 2021.

Intellectual Property

The Act has updated the rules for capital allowances on Intellectual Property. The update provides additional clarity on income arising when IP is acquired prior to 11 October 2017 and when IP is acquired from 11 October 2017 onwards.

The updates now require that the income received from the two different periods be treated as two separate income streams when calculating capital allowances.

For more information contact our Tax Team in Dublin on 01 278 4455.