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The Irish Sun
5 days ago
- Business
- The Irish Sun
Revenue write to almost 70k Irish pensioners over incorrect tax payments amid fears envelope ‘will cause lot of concern'
Revenue is clamping down on pensioners who have owed tax since 2022 TAX TIME Revenue write to almost 70k Irish pensioners over incorrect tax payments amid fears envelope 'will cause lot of concern' REVENUE commissioners have written to almost 70,000 pensioners over concerns relating to incorrect tax payments. These retirees make up a large portion of the 260,000 individuals who Revenue claims may have been incorrectly taxed for the year 2022. 3 The Revenue commission says this campaign is not aimed explicitly at pensioners Credit: Getty Images - Getty 3 According to Revenue, over 260,000 taxpayers may have been incorrectly taxed for the year 2022 Credit: Getty Images - Getty Despite this action, the Revenue Commission says it has not launched a campaign aimed explicitly at pensioners. The letters outline steps taxpayers should take to file a correct end-of-year statement and income tax return. According to RTE, the correspondence says that the vast majority of people, including pensioners, pay the right amount of tax automatically. However, other income sources, such as "a Department of Social Protection payment or private income, Revenue may need to adjust tax credits to reflect that". Notably, social welfare payments are not taxed before they are paid out; as a result, many recipients owe tax on these payments without knowing it. For example, if a person receives a social welfare payment, such as the State pension, but has another source of income, such as a part-time job or private pension, they may owe tax on that payment. Revenue says pensioners whose sole income comes from the state pension will not be effected. Despite the presence of these letters, Revenue says that "the letters are not a demand, but part of our regular efforts to help people check if they have paid the right amount of tax, or if they are due a refund". And that where there is underpayment taxpayers will not be required to make an immediate payment. Instead, any owed funds "will be collected through a reduction of tax credits in future years". "MORE HUMANE APPROACH" CEO of Irish Rural Link Seamus Boland said these Revenue letters will cause much concern. Referencing the time revenue sent letters sent to around 115,000 pensioners in 2012, he said: "I think at that stage there was an apology made for the way people were being treated. "Hopefully this letter is not as brutal as that one was, I'm hoping it's a little softer in terms of people who have overpaid and there will be a category of people who have underpaid as well." He added: "there's lots of pensioners in this category who are going to be affected one way or the other." But that he hopes the commission might adopt a "more humane approach" this time. Revenue has yet to disclose the sums of money involved.
Agriland
06-06-2025
- Health
- Agriland
Irish Rural Link calls for ‘urgent reform' in safeguarding older people
The Irish Rural Link (IRL), which represents the interests of local communities, has backed calls for the implementation of the Framework for Adult Safeguarding. It follows an RTÉ Investigates programme this week which exposed serious safeguarding failures in two private nursing homes, and which IRL said were 'disturbing and deeply upsetting revelations'. IRL said it supports the call from Safeguarding Ireland, which was set up to promote the safeguarding of adults who may be vulnerable. Safeguarding Ireland has called for the implementation of the framework, which was published by the Law Reform Commission in April 2024, as well as for the establishment of a national safeguarding authority. IRL said the programme that aired this week 'brought to light, once again, the urgent need to review how older people are treated and how nursing-home care is delivered in Ireland'. 'Irish Rural Link has long held the belief that nursing home care should be a last resort. Instead, people should be supported to age and live independently in their own homes,' the organisation said. However, the slow rollout of the Statutory Home Care Scheme and the 'severe lack' of adequate funding continue to hinder progress in providing the necessary supports to enable people to remain in their homes, the IRL claimed. The organisation said that community-based health and social care initiatives are essential in helping older people age at home with dignity. The IRL called for such initiatives to receive greater recognition and investment as part of a 'broader continuum of care'. Seamus Boland, the CEO of IRL, said: 'While we recognise there will always be a role for nursing homes, we believe people should have the right to remain living in their own home for as long as they feel safe and are able to do so and be provided with supports, such as home care and community services. 'It is time for a serious, nationwide conversation about how we deliver care in this country. Our older people deserve, and must be guaranteed, the right to grow old with respect and dignity,' Boland added.
Yahoo
12-03-2025
- Yahoo
Two arrested after €1.9m cocaine and cannabis seizure
Two men have been arrested following seizures of €1.9m (£1.6m) worth of cocaine and cannabis in the Republic of Ireland. Gardaí (Irish police) intercepted a vehicle in Drogheda, County Louth, at about 09:00 local time on Wednesday. Searches were then undertook at a business premises in Drogheda and two residential properties in Drogheda and north Dublin. The men, aged in their 30s and 40s, were arrested on suspicion of facilitating and enhancing drug trafficking for a criminal organisation and are currently detained at a Louth Garda station. The simultaneous search operation was a result of ongoing investigations and collaboration between the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau and the Police Service of Northern Ireland. Following the operation, Det Ch Supt Seamus Boland said gardaí are committed to the targeting of organisations "that attempt to exploit our land border, for serious criminal activity". "Drug traffickers, and those that facilitate and enhance this activity, remain priority targets for our investigations, due to the destruction, violence and intimidation they cause in our communities," he added.
BBC News
12-03-2025
- BBC News
Drogheda: Two arrested after €1.9m cocaine and cannabis seizure
Two men have been arrested following seizures of €1.9m (£1.6m) worth of cocaine and cannabis in the Republic of (Irish police) intercepted a vehicle in Drogheda, County Louth, at about 09:00 local time on were then undertook at a business premises in Drogheda and two residential properties in Drogheda and north men, aged in their 30s and 40s, were arrested on suspicion of facilitating and enhancing drug trafficking for a criminal organisation and are currently detained at a Louth Garda station. The simultaneous search operation was a result of ongoing investigations and collaboration between the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau and the Police Service of Northern the operation, Det Ch Supt Seamus Boland said gardaí are committed to the targeting of organisations "that attempt to exploit our land border, for serious criminal activity"."Drug traffickers, and those that facilitate and enhance this activity, remain priority targets for our investigations, due to the destruction, violence and intimidation they cause in our communities," he added.
