Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 27 January 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Draft Heads of Finance (Tax Appeals Commission) Bill: Discussion

2:00 pm

Mr. Gerry Smyth:

I wish to clarify this for the committee. The 2014 legislation only applies to a relatively narrow range of cases. It has to be tax avoidance within the meaning of the taxes Acts. I do not think we should see that as a very broad power that enables the Revenue somehow to override the system and say, "If we think you're delaying, then we want you to pay up-front."