Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures Act 2022

Exemption in respect of electricity costs emergency benefit payment

7. The Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 192I:

“Exemption in respect of electricity costs emergency benefit payment

192J. (1) An electricity costs emergency benefit payment made under section 5 (2) of the Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures Act 2022 on or after 1 January 2022 and on or before 31 December 2022 shall be exempt from income tax and shall not be reckoned in computing total income for the purposes of the Income Tax Acts.

(2) In this section, ‘electricity costs emergency benefit payment’ has the same meaning as it has in the Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures Act 2022.”.