Pensions law loophole allowed wealthy to 'wipe out tax liability', revenue paper reveals

Pensions law loophole allowed wealthy to ‘wipe out tax liability’, revenue paper reveals

A confidential Revenue paper has exposed a major loophole in Ireland’s pensions legislation that enabled wealthy individuals to effectively eliminate their tax burdens through strategic pension contributions. The internal report, prepared by a Revenue official in 2023, detailed how the 2022 Finance Act inadvertently created several tax avoidance opportunities by breaking the traditional link between … Read more