Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 20 February 2014
Public Accounts Committee
2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 23 - Revenue Collection
Chapter 24 - Management of Revenue Debt
Chapter 25 - Taxpayer Compliance
Chapter 26 - Corporation Tax Losses
Chapter 27 - Tax Audit Settlements
12:30 pm
Ms Josephine Feehily:
I can see the reasons that would be the case. Audits and intervention across the SME sector are considerably less frequent for an individual business than they would be for a large case. Therefore, SMEs would not be correct in thinking they are targeted more. The others receive a lot more care and attention. On the collection side, the Collector General has a team monitoring large cases. If the moneys are not in on the due date, there is a telephone call made straightaway. Our intervention is immediate.