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The new arrangements will apply to payroll submissions on or after 20 October

Revenue to speed up payment of wage subsidies

Business • 21 Oct

Employment Wage Subsidy Schemes will continue during 2021 and the Government will decide on the form of its extension when economic conditions are clearer

'No cliff edge' to wage subsidy schemes - Donohoe

budget 2021 • 13 Oct

Income tax and USC may be due for some people who were on PUP or TWSS payments during the year

PUP recipients to discover tax liabilities in January

Business • 25 Sep

Paschal Donohoe forecast that the EWSS would support around 350,000 jobs

EWSS to cost the State less than TWSS - Donohoe

Business • 10 Sep

Numbers claiming PUP are down over 60% from the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic

Covid-19 continues to impact labour market

Business • 07 Sep

The Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme was replaced on Tuesday by the new Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme

Final cost of Government's TWSS almost €2.9 billion

Business • 04 Sep

Pearse Doherty has described the Government's advice as 'confusing'

Concerns over eligibility of low-paid workers for EWSS

Business • 28 Aug

The Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme will be replaced next week by the Employee Wage Subsidy Scheme

Employers need Tax Clearance Cert for EWSS registration

Business • 27 Aug

Over 655,700 workers have received at least one subsidy payment since the TWSS was launched

Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme has cost €2.6bn to date

Business • 20 Aug

The Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme will provide a flat-rate subsidy to qualifying employers based on the numbers of paid and eligible employees on their payroll

Revenue issues guidance for employers eligible for EWSS

Business • 14 Aug

The numbers receiving the Pandemic Unemployment Payment have fallen sharply as more businesses reopened

Numbers receiving income support down 8.7% in July

Business • 07 Aug

The PUP is to be extended until next year

Pandemic payment to be extended until April 2021

Coronavirus • 23 Jul

Paschal Donohoe said that the employer is expected to make "best efforts" to maintain the employee's average net pre-pandemic income from January and February for the duration of the TWSS

Employers won't be forced to top up subsidy payments

Business • 21 Jul

Leo Varadkar told the Dáil the Government was also considering opening the scheme to seasonal workers

Govt considers extending Wage Subsidy Scheme

Coronavirus • 16 Jul

Many businesses that had been closed have reopened

Draft law to allow those on PUP safeguard entitlements

Coronavirus • 13 Jul

Almost 700,000 workers have received at least one payment through the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme

Call to spread TWSS tax burden over four years

Business • 13 Jul

63,000 PUP recipients have closed their claims in the last week - the largest such figure since the crisis began

Numbers on PUP continue downward trend

Coronavirus • 06 Jul

Michael McGrath said the scheme cannot come to an abrupt end

Wage scheme set to be extended, new incentives planned

Politics • 05 Jul

Money is an economic lubricant - but the question is how quickly consumer spending will get back into gear

Counting the economic cost of Covid-19

Business • 04 Jul

AIB had halted accepting mortgage applications from customers receiving Covid-19 supports from the State

AIB reverses mortgage rule for Covid payment recipients

Business • 01 Jul

Revenue is warning employers that it may claw back the subsidy from those who did not have a reasonable basis for believing they qualified for the scheme

ISME warns of redundancies if wage scheme halted

Business • 30 Jun

57% of respondents on Covid-19 benefit payments are not aware that a future tax liability is building

Workers on Covid-19 benefit payments face tax bills

Business • 27 Jun

Chartered Accountants Ireland said the timing of the Revenue move was unhelpful as businesses were getting back on their feet after the pandemic shutdown

Timing of Revenue wage subsidy checks 'unhelpful'

Business • 24 Jun

465,900 people are now receiving the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment - a drop of 32,800 over the last week

Numbers on Pandemic Unemployment Payment fall again

Business • 22 Jun

A total of 498,700 people received PUP payments last week

Number of people on Pandemic Payment drops again

Coronavirus • 16 Jun

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