Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 6 March 2014

Public Accounts Committee

2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Chapter 13 - Official Development Assistance

12:10 pm

Mr Seamus McCarthy:

I have an observation, although I had not thought about this before today. Presumably if somebody has a property here and is renting it, he or she is liable for tax on the rental income. The tax would be collected on that side rather than taxing the allowance.