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Cross-Border Workers Coalition requests meeting with Republic s Finance Minister Campaign to tackle the unfair, out-of-kilter remote working tax legislation faced by cross-border workers
Paul Quinn, co-chair of the Cross-Border Workers Coalition
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The Cross Border Workers Coalition (CBWC) has written to the Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohoe, requesting a meeting to examine current remote working tax legislation in the Republic of Ireland.
The Coalition was set up in response to the fact that employees who live in the Republic of Ireland but work in Northern Ireland are largely prohibited from remote working and are subject to a ‘double tax’ on their income should it be determined that they have worked from home or within the Republic of Ireland.
Donegal civil servants are hoping to benefit from a new planned working hub for northern civil servants in Derry.
Yesterday, the North s Finance Minister announced plans for a number of new civil service regional hubs.
The first Connect2 hubs are expected to open in Ballykelly and Downpatrick in the spring while projects in Derry and elsewhere are planned for 2023.
The hubs aim to provide flexible working opportunities for civil servants on the northern side of the border.
But Conor Dowds, Co-Chair of the Cross-Border Workers Coalition says it s important that tax issues facing Donegal based civil servants are addressed before the hubs get up and running: