Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 15 November 2018

Public Accounts Committee

2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9: Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 17: Revenue's Progress in Tackling Tobacco Smuggling
Chapter 18: Management of High Wealth Individuals' Tax Liabilities
Chapter 19: Corporation Tax Losses

9:00 am

Mr. Niall Cody:

Yes. There are two principal forms of capital allowances paid by taxpayers against their trade profits, namely wear and tear allowances on the cost of acquiring plant and machinery, which would be mostly in corporation tax, and then some industrial buildings allowances where somebody has bought an industrial building and would be entitled to claim that amount over a period of depreciation. Then they can claim case 5, which is rental capital allowances on the cost incurred on furniture and fittings for their rental properties. As is highlighted in the chapter, a lot of the people in the HWI category have significant rental-----

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