Pandemic payment will be subject to income tax
The Pandemic Unemployment Payment will be subject to income tax despite an effort from the opposition to overturn the government decision. An Oireachtas committee is debating the Finance Bill which gives effect to the budget. Parties had tried to argue the PUP was not taxable prior to August when the…
200,000 better off on Pandemic Payment than working
Almost 4 in 10 people getting the Covid-19 unemployment payment were earning less than 300 euro a week before the outbreak. Just under 600 thousand people are claiming the payment. A report by the Department of Business – seen by the Irish Times – shows that 38…