{"id":311344,"date":"2026-02-22T11:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T11:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/311344\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T11:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T11:20:09","slug":"a-lot-of-content-creators-stick-their-head-in-the-sand-about-tax-issues-but-its-really-not-that-scary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/311344\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018A lot of content creators stick their head in the sand about tax issues but it&#8217;s really not that scary\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-91174671_secondary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom4 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop4\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\" data-testid=\"title-summary\">Influencers tend to be very slow to come forward about tax compliance, but they\u2019re better off diving in before things get more difficult, says accountant Brendan Brady\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Accountant Brendan Brady in the offices of Brady and Associates on Meath Street in Dublin. Photo: Frank McGrath\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/6a00ff66-c347-4e73-901a-f423397218d3.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Accountant Brendan Brady in the offices of Brady and Associates on Meath Street in Dublin. Photo: Frank McGrath<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The role of content creator is a relatively new one, and people who make money on platforms such as YouTube, Instagram and TikTok might not understand their tax obligations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">It can be a source of worry and confusion in the industry, especially after 450 letters were issued to social media influencers by the Revenue Commissioners reminding them of their tax obligations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Influencers tend to be very slow to come forward about tax compliance, but they\u2019re better off diving in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":311345,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,61,60,898,128197,132310],"class_list":["post-311344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-latest-news-ticker","tag-shp","tag-signature-money"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311344\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/311345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}