Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 8 March 2018

Public Accounts Committee

2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 8: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Local Government Fund Financial Statement 2016
Special Report No. 97 of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Administration and Collection of Motor Taxes

9:00 am

Photo of Seán FlemingSeán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

How much extra does it cost a motorist to pay his or her taxes by the quarter? Let us consider the older and bigger cars. If there is a €10 processing cost per transaction, it probably costs more to pay taxes three or four times a year than it does to settle them once a year. We are informed that 75% of people are paying online and that the cost of the transaction is €5. Can the witness provide an average figure for the extra expense involved in quarterly payments where one of those old cars is concerned? I am asking for a ballpark figure. I will not hold the witness to this.

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