Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 22 May 2013

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance

Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised)

5:40 pm

Photo of Michael NoonanMichael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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Although the compliance date for filing on paper has passed, if somebody files a paper return now it will still be accepted. The compliance date for electronic filing is the end of May. Once we get into June, it will be up to Revenue to organise the next phase, which will involve looking at non-compliance. Revenue will have to decide which of the powers available to it should be used to deal with non-compliance. It has been very successful, in terms of compliance, so far. I do not want to give the impression that Revenue is waving big sticks or anything like that. It would not be fair to the people who pay if a group of people were to get away with not paying. That is not going to happen.