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:
It is really important. Every so often companies go into liquidation and they end up owing PAYE and PRSI on behalf of their employees. Their employees have no idea that it was not paid. At least it will be reported, we will know how much is involved and we will be able to move quickly. It has significant positive benefits for employees and it will have significant benefits for compliant employers. At present they must complete a P35 for us. It will have significant benefits for us in that we will be able to review everybody's tax at the start of the year without them doing anything. We will probably be back here talking about PAYE modernisation in a couple of years.
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