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A round-up of all the latest Tech Talks from Zurich Ireland.

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The Finance Bill 2021 was signed into law on 21 December 2021. It included several significant pension changes based on some of the recommendations detailed in the report produced by the Inter-Departmental Pensions Reform & Taxation Group (IDPRTG).

In our latest issue of TechTalk we look at the fast approaching Tax deadline and the potential issues which can arise, along with the Covid Wage Subsidy Scheme 2020/2021.

The Minister for Finance published the Finance Bill 2021 on Thursday 21 October 2021. The Finance Bill 2021 included several significant pension changes which will enable the implementation of some of recommendations detailed in the report produced by the Inter-Departmental Pensions Reform & Taxation Group (IDPRTG).

On October 12th, Paschal Donohoe and Michael McGrath delivered the Budget for 2022 to the Dáil. Here's what you need to know:
Executive Pension Term Insurance is arranged under a one-member occupational pension scheme and is available to employees whose employers wish to put such an arrangement in place.

In today's TechTalk we discuss Personal Pension Term Insurance. Personal Pension Term Insurance is available to those who are self employed and taxed under Schedule D (Case I or II) or those in non-pensionable employment which is an employment that is not linked to an occupational or statutory scheme and taxed under Schedule E.

In today's TechTalk we look at the assignment model versus putting a policy under trust.

Zurich welcomes the publication of this detailed report which focuses on the commitments made in the Roadmap for Pensions Reform 2018-2023.

In this week’s TechTalk we tackle two topics that we get plenty of questions on daily - backdating tax relief, along with calculating scope for AVCs when you're a public servant.
In this issue of TechTalk, we look at the treatment of Approved Retirement Funds (ARFs), Approved Minimum Retirement Funds (AMRF’s) and Vested PRSA’s on death and in particular examine the tax consequences on payments made as a result.