Revenue extends enhanced EWSS supports for businesses affected by Christmas restrictionsRestaurants forced to close at 8pm and live venues that were subject to reduced capacity are among eligible businesses to receive supports until end of May 2022
More than €50 million in wage subsidies recouped through inspectionsThe Revenue enforcement measures returned €31.5 million in Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme and €19.2 million in Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme to the state
Paschal Donohoe: Time to gently remove the crutch of pandemic supportsThe finance minister outlines why the government is phasing out the measures that have propped up businesses over the last two years
€348 million in Covid-19 business supports repaid to RevenueThe government announced the resumption and reopening of supports for businesses in December
Data on insurers’ payout deductions won’t be published this yearGovernment has come under renewed pressure to recoup millions of euro deducted by insurance firms from Covid-19 compensation
Fleming to examine if British insurers’ pledge can be replicated in Ireland Junior minister has contacted UK counterpart to learn if commitment given by insurers not to strip value of pandemic-related state supports from awards can be applied here
Insurers asked to repay state money they deducted from awards to pandemic-hit firms Junior minister ‘hopes’ insurers give the money back but admitted the government has no means of enforcing that request
Taxpayers lose as insurers keep millions in state funds cut from Covid payoutsGovernment abandons promise to pursue firms for the value of any deductions made
Revenue deploys ‘real-time’ info to claw back €105m in wage subsidiesThe organisation is using its online PAYE system to receive electronic updates whenever a new wage payment is made by employers to workers
Ibec warns close-contact rules could ‘cripple’ businesses as new state supports announcedBusiness lobby group calls for review of the rules around close contacts and cautiously welcomes expansion of Covid supports to hospitality sector
The Last Post: Pandemic profits: it seems we are not all in this together Many companies that received Covid-19 subsidies from the state performed far better during the crisis than they anticipated. Some gave the money back; those who didn’t should do so without delay
Ministers to discuss renewing Covid supports for hospitality sectorCabinet sub-committee meets tomorrow to tackle thorny issue of how to shore up industry hit hardest by latest restrictions
Pandemic having significant impact on solicitor firms’ operations and finance A survey of 534 managing partners and principal solicitors found 74 per cent of businesses availed of government supports
Business groups welcome decision to extend Covid-19 supports Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme to remain in place until April 2022
Ian Guider: We can’t afford to delay the inevitable on state supportsThe extensive pandemic payments were necessary to keep firms afloat, but now we need to look at the new normal – and which businesses might not survive it
Businesses in EWSS may face PRSI hikeThe government has flagged possible changes to the wage subsidy scheme in October
More state debt needed to fund PUP past June, says VaradkarTánaiste tells Fine Gael TDs that the government needs to borrow more money to pay for further extensions to the pandemic supports
Tom Maguire: Keep your tax returns up to date – or it may cost more than you thinkThe Revenue’s Debt Warehousing Scheme allows businesses to temporarily put certain tax debts on ice while trade is affected by Covid-19. But it has warned that 4,500 firms are not ‘current’ with filing
State should buffer private childcare, says Ibec executiveDarragh Whelan, director of Childhood Services Ireland, says government has no desire to move to public model for the sector
Varadkar pledges to help firms locked out of Covid-19 supportsState also plans to provide new supports for businesses not covered by existing schemes
