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One day before the new Labor Salaries Subsidy Plan takes effect, the Treasury has confirmed that certain directors will have the right to claim payment.
A decision by Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe follows on Friday.
To be eligible for the subsidy, the employer to which the director is linked must meet the eligibility criteria for the EWSS.
The director in question must be on the employer’s payroll and must have received the wages that were reported to the Treasury through the payroll between July 1 of last year and June 30 of this year.
However, the EWSS will only be paid in respect of an eligible company if a director is on the board of more than one company.
In such circumstances, the director must choose a company through which his claim will be made.
“The election will be deemed made upon the first filing of a claim by EWSS regarding the owner director,” Revenue said in a statement.
“Once an election is made, it cannot be changed during the life of the scheme.”
The EWSS is replacing the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme that was introduced when the Covid-19 pandemic hit Ireland.
Until the end of March next year, it will allow employers to seek wage subsidies for a wider range of workers, including new hires and seasonal workers.
However, the maximum allowance per worker will drop from € 410 to € 203 per week and instead of being a percentage of the employee’s net salary, there will be two fixed rates: € 151.50 or € 203.
According to Revenue, more than 16,000 employers have signed up for the plan in the last week and more than 15,000 tax clearance requests have been made.
“Eligible employers who wish to claim EWSS must register with the scheme prior to filing through the Revenue Online Service, ROS,” said Orla Fitzpatrick, director of Revenue’s Medium Business Division.
“These employers must have an active PAYE / PRSI registration, a bank account linked to that registration and they must also have the tax settlement,” he added.
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