Grant Thornton

Lobbying Organisation Grant Thornton

Date published 20 May, 2024

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Taxation

Period 1 Jan, 2024 to 30 Apr, 2024

Specific Details Representing tax practitioners from various bodies as part of the Department of Finance Business Tax Stakeholder Forum (April 2024). Re: participation exemption and other international tax developments.

Intended results To support Ireland being a competitive jurisdiction from a tax perspective.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Sarah Meredith (Partner, Grant Thornton) - as representative of CCABI (attended as guest of ACA)

Did any Designated Public Official(DPO) or former Designated Public Official(DPO) carry out lobbying activities on your behalf in relation to this return? You must include yourself, and answer Yes, if you are a current DPO or a DPO at any time in the past. (What is a Designated Public Official?) No

Did you manage or direct a grassroots campaign? No

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Event / Reception (1)

Department of Finance Business Tax Stakeholder Forum 12/04/2024. Details of Forum available at https://www.gov.ie/ga/foilsiuchan/7abf9-business-tax-stakeholder-forum/. Forum meeting minutes for 12/04/2024 event available at same location on Irish Government public website, including list of attendees. Meeting chaired by Clare Costello (Acting Head of Tax for the Department of Finance). Sarah Meredith (Partner, Grant Thornton) attended as a representative of CCABI (attended as guest of ACA).

Designated public officials lobbied

The following DPOs were lobbied during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area. These DPOs were involved in at least one of the Lobbying Activities listed above, but not necessarily all of them. As returns are specific to a Subject Matter Area the above Lobbying Activities may be associated with multiple returns.

Clare Costello Head of Finance (Department of Finance)