Covid-19 unemployment payment could result in tax bill for recipients

The Government is reminding anyone receiving the Pandemic Unemployment Payment, instituted as an emergency response to layoffs made in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis, that they could face a tax bill at the end of the year.

Mon, 25 May, 2020 - 18:24

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Additional reporting: Daniel McConnell & Liz Dunphy

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