Revenue have confirmed in today’s ebrief No. 124/20 that there is no requirement for a person to include a capital loss in a tax return for the chargeable period in which the loss arises in such circumstances where there is no chargeable gain, arising in the same chargeable period, against which it may be offset.

Revenue’s Tax and Duty manual Part 19-02-05 has been updated.

Paragraph 5.1 clarifies Revenue’s position that, where an allowable loss arises in a chargeable period and there is no chargeable gain arising in the same chargeable period against which it may be offset, then there is no obligation for a person to include the loss in a tax return for the chargeable period in which the loss arises.

For further information, please click the link: https://www.revenue.ie/en/tax-professionals/tdm/income-tax-capital-gains-tax-corporation-tax/part-19/19-02-05.pdf