Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 29 November 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Paradise Papers: Chairman, Office of the Revenue Commissioners

6:15 pm

Mr. Niall Cody:

It comes down to the differences between evasion, avoidance and tax planning. There are challenges. We cannot impose penalties on anybody. First, there has to be law in the courts. There are potential charges for aiding and abetting tax evasion, but tax avoidance is a very different matter. Sometimes - I see the Deputy smiling-----

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