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Confidential Information Request for Companies Utilising the Special Assignee Relief Programme (SARP)

Please find below a confidential information request concerning a review of the Special Assignee Relief Programme (SARP) which Indecon International Consultants are undertaking for the Department of Finance. Your assistance with this study is very important and greatly appreciated.

All responses received will be treated as Strictly Confidential and Anonymous. Responses will not be considered individually but will be combined with other responses received, and will only be used for the purposes of this research.
Confidential Background Details for Statistical Analysis Purposes
1.Sector in which your company operates:
2.Please include the approximate number of your employees claiming the SARP in 2018:
3.Please include the total number of employees in your company’s Irish operations in 2018:
Impact of Relief
4.What proportion of those staff members who have claimed the SARP between 2012 and 2018 do you believe would not have been employed in Ireland in the absence of the SARP?
5.Based on the experience of your company, how important or otherwise was the SARP in terms of the following:
Very Important
Important
Of Minor Importance
Not At All Important
Don't Know
Establishment of your business in Ireland
Expansion of employment in Ireland by your company
Attraction of overseas staff to your company
Attraction of highly skilled staff to your company
Continued investment by your company in its Irish operations
Expansion of your company’s business operations in Ireland
Other, please specify
6.How important, or otherwise, was the SARP in attracting foreign based staff to relocate to Ireland?
7.Please indicate what you believe would have happened to the relevant employment positions in your company in the absence of the SARP?
8.In the absence of the SARP, do you believe that the current total employment by your company in Ireland would have changed relative to its current level and if so by how much?
Details of Reliefs in Other Countries
9.Please provide any information on similar Reliefs on income tax in other countries which you believe are relevant for this review. Please provide links or feel free to send material separately.            
Other Comments
10.Please indicate any other comments/views you may have of the SARP. We would, in particular, like you to give your views on the following issues:
11.Please also outline any views you have for changes in the SARP:
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.

Please ensure to select "Done" below to ensure your response will be submitted successfully.  

If you have any queries regarding the survey, please contact Brian O'Connell, Director with Indecon, at e-mail: boconnell@indecon.ie
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