Redundancy payments tax change

Tuesday 24th, October

Posted on : Tuesday 01st, July 2014

RMcH says this articles outlines the changes in tax treatment of termination payments, top slicing relief was very benificial ( applied average tax rate of last three years to untaxed part of lump therby producing a refund) is gone.

Tax Treatment of Termination Lump Sum Payments

By The Revenue Commissioners
Apr 22, 2014

A revised manual 05.05.19 (PDF, 295KB), consolidating all previously published material relating to the taxation of termination lump sum payments chargeable to tax under section 123 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, has been issued. It sets out the exemptions and reliefs that may be claimed by an individual on receipt of such a payment and includes amendments introduced in Finance Act 2013 and Finance (No.2) Act 2013 in relation to:

the restriction of Top Slicing Relief for the year of assessment 2013 in respect of lump sum payments in excess of €200,000;
the abolition of Foreign Service Relief with effect from 27 March 2013; and
the abolition Top Slicing Relief with effect from 1 January 2014.

The Revenue Commissioners

http://www.revenue.ie/en/practitioner/ebrief/2014/no-282014.html