Finance Act 2018

Amendment of section 825C of Principal Act (special assignee relief programme)

15. Section 825C of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in subsection (2A)(e), by substituting “within 90 days” for “within 30 days”, and

(b) in subsection (2B)(b)(i), by substituting for “but in respect of the tax years 2012, 2013 and 2014 where this amount exceeds €500,000, “A” shall be €500,000, and” the following:

“but—

(A) in respect of the tax years 2012, 2013 and 2014 where this amount exceeds €500,000, ‘A’ shall be €500,000,

(B) in respect of the tax years 2019 and 2020, in the case of a relevant employee who first arrives in the State on or after 1 January 2019 for the purposes set out in subsection (2A)(b), where this amount exceeds €1,000,000, ‘A’ shall be €1,000,000, and

(C) in respect of the tax year 2020, in the case of a relevant employee who first arrives in the State on or before 31 December 2018 for the purposes set out in subsection (2A)(b), where this amount exceeds €1,000,000, ‘A’ shall be €1,000,000,

and”.