Companies that have not addressed any bogus self-employment by January 30th will face dramatically escalated action and penalties. [ Revenue collects €734m in more than 291,600 audit and compliance interventionsOpens in new window ]It’s also an area where Revenue scrutiny has intensified in recent years. Back in October 2023, the Supreme Court found in favour of Revenue against a Domino’s Pizza franchisee on the issue. Revenue has, since that ruling, given employers two years’ grace to “regularise bona-fide misclassification of employees ... without penalty or interest”. “Revenue has been very clear that this settlement opportunity is time-limited,” said Michelle Dunne, employment tax director at Grant Thornton Ireland.

Source: The Irish Times January 11, 2026 10:31 UTC