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
12:50 pm
Ms Josephine Feehily:
I hope we will have that job finished by April. We will then contact the people in question, ask them to make a declaration and we will give them a refund. As of yesterday, however, they can now self claim that exemption online. It only went live yesterday, so we have not had a chance to publicise it yet. There are also detailed frequently asked questions, FAQs, on the website since yesterday. That can now be self claimed as an exemption online. If people have already complied for 2014 and self claim, clearly they will be due a refund and that will be automatically generated. If they have filled a single debit authority, SDA, and they go online to claim this exemption, if they do it before 10 or 11 March, the date mentioned earlier, we will ensure that the SDA does not trigger so we will not touch their bank account. There is an opportunity for that group of people to self claim but, in any event, we will write to them if they have not done so. We expect to be ready to do that work in April.
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