Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 13 October 2016
Public Accounts Committee
2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 12 - Tackling Fuel Laundering
Chapter 15 - Taxpayer Compliance
2015 Revenue Accounts
9:00 am
Mr. Niall Cody:
I am tempted just to say we have. Two years ago we introduced the electronic form 12, which is absolutely brilliant and very simple. We will take it that the system will come in as intended, although it has to go through the process in the Oireachtas. For the years required to get the tax back the taxpayer will have to have form 12 completed. We are building a system whereby the intending purchaser can give the mortgage company one-off online access to confirmation from us that he or she will be eligible for the refund. That will carry forward. It is also really important that we ensure that people who have, for example, health expenses, claim them and that is factored into the process and that it is final. They will not have to do four years if they have paid enough tax in the previous two years to cover it. It is for the years in question. It is a very simplified form 12 and we see it as one of our best flagship developments. It has taken off. It is not compulsory but 89% of form 12s are filed electronically, although it has only been in place for two years.
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