Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 22 February 2018

Public Accounts Committee

Comptroller and Auditor General 2016 Report
Chapter 20: Corporation Tax Receipts (Resumed)

9:00 am

Mr. Niall Cody:

We regularly use the term "aggressive tax planning". We see that. The Oireachtas lays down the legislation and the intention of the legislation. There is tax planning and tax avoidance. It is a grey area and there is no clear line. We see certain practices as aggressive tax planning or aggressive tax avoidance. The practitioners involved in this area would not see it in that way at all. Ultimately, when we form a view that there is unacceptable tax avoidance, we will challenge individual cases. Ultimately, such cases will be a matter for the courts to decide.

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