Revenue eBrief No. 15/17: Deduction for income earned in certain foreign states (Foreign Earnings Deduction)
Tax & Duty Manual Part 34-00-09 in relation to Foreign Earnings Deduction (FED) has been updated to reflect changes made by section 11 of Finance Act 2016. Under these changes,
- FED has been extended to include the years 2018, 2019 and 2020,
- Columbia and Pakistan have been added to the list of qualifying states, and
- the number of qualifying days has been reduced from 40 to 30.
Source: Revenue Commissioners, www.revenue.ie. Copyright acknowledged