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Confidential Information Request for Companies Utilising the Revised Entrepreneur Relief

Confidential Background Details for Statistical Analysis Purposes
1.Year(s) in which you claimed Entrepreneur Relief
2.Value of asset(s) sold (€):
3.Approximate amount of Relief claimed (€):
4.What percentage of the revenue of the business against which the Relief was claimed came from export sales?
5.How many people were employed in the business against which you claimed Entrepreneur Relief?
6.Is the business against which you claimed the Relief still operating?
7.Which of the following asset types were included in your Entrepreneur Relief Claim?
Impact of Relief
8.Based on your own experience, how important or otherwise was the Entrepreneur Relief in terms of the following factors:
Very Important
Important
Of Minor Importance
Not At All Important
Don't Know
Encouraged you to start your business or make your initial investment in the company
Attraction of overseas investment to the company
Assistance in facilitating exports from your business
Assistance in development of scale in your company
Influencing your decision to sell shares/assets in your company
Influencing the timing of disposal of shares/assets in your company
Encouraging you to start up a new business(s)
Encouraging you to invest in new company(s)
Expansion of employment in Ireland
Other, please specify
9.What was the main motivation for you to sell the asset or business against which you claimed Entrepreneur Relief?
10.How important, or otherwise, was Entrepreneur Relief in your decision to sell your asset/business?
11.Since you received the Relief, what use have you made of the funds which were subject to Entrepreneur Relief?
12.Please indicate what you would have done if Entrepreneur Relief was not available?
Awareness of Entrepreneur Relief
13.In what year did you start the business or make the original investment for which you claimed the Relief?
14.Were you aware of the details of the Entrepreneur Relief prior to your initial investment?
15.If you were aware of the Relief prior to your initial investment, how important was the availability of the Relief in your decision to make this initial investment?
16.What was the main source of information by which you first became aware of your entitlement to claim the Entrepreneur Relief?
17.At what point did you become aware of Entrepreneur Relief?
Awareness of Reliefs in Other Countries
18.Are you aware of any Reliefs on capital gains arising from the disposal by an individual or business asset in other countries?
Confidential Personal Details for Statistical Analysis Purposes Only
19.Age
Other Comments
20.Current employment status:
21.Please also outline any views you have for changes in the Relief. 
22.Please indicate any other comments/views you may have of the Relief.  We would, in particular, like you to give your views on the following issues:

1.       Is the CGT Revised Entrepreneurial Relief still relevant including in its current format?

2.       What has been the impact of the Relief?

3.       Is the Relief in its current format the most efficient way to address the policy objectives?
Consideration/Use of CGT Retirement Relief
23.Did you avail of CGT Retirement Relief when you sold the business/asset against which you claimed the revised Entrepreneur Relief?
24.If you did not avail of the CGT Retirement Relief please indicate the reasons why you did not benefit from the CGT Retirement Relief
Thank you very much for assisting in this confidential information request which will provide you with a direct input to policy. All individual responses will be treated on a non-attributed basis in our report and individual responses will not be shared with any other parties.

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