Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 3 May 2018

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

EU Proposals on Taxation of the Digital Economy: Discussion (Resumed)

9:30 am

Ms Cora O'Brien:

I will make short comment on the data.

With a view to being helpful, we look at lot at the Revenue data, particularly around the budget. It is generally individuals' data but the principle is that we have spoken to and met with representatives of Revenue's statistics branch. Where we have felt there have been gaps in the data or other areas which might usefully have been included, the Revenue Commissioners have been very open to publishing more if the data is available. It has grown a lot in recent years and there is now a regular bulletin of statistical information which Revenue publishes and circulates to those on its email list. If there were areas where people wanted more data, Revenue would probably be open to including it where possible. It is right to note that corporate tax is probably a little bit more difficult, in particular at the top, in terms of identifying specific taxpayers. If Revenue could do it within the bounds of its confidentiality obligations, I think it would be very open to having the conversation. Certainly, that is the way we have found it.

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