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Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme (TWSS)

  1. Overview
  2. How did the TWSS operate?
  3. When was an employee eligible?
  4. Subsidy rates in the transitional phase
  5. Subsidy rates in the operational phase
  6. Subsidy information in myAccount
  7. Tax liability in your End of Year Review
  8. TWSS tax liability paid by your employer

Overview

On 24 March 2020, the Government announced new measures to provide financial support to workers affected by the COVID-19 crisis. As part of these measures, Revenue operated the TWSS.

If you were an eligible employee, and your employer’s business experienced significant negative disruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the TWSS enabled:

  • you to receive supports (wage subsidy) directly from your employer
  • your employer to have kept you on their books during the pandemic.

The TWSS ended on 31 August 2020 and was replaced by the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme.

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Published: 23 December 2022 Print this page

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