Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 13 October 2016
Public Accounts Committee
2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 12 - Tackling Fuel Laundering
Chapter 15 - Taxpayer Compliance
2015 Revenue Accounts
9:00 am
David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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We have a report which states that 39% of taxpayers who were audited between 2008 and 2015 were found to have underpaid their taxes. This was the result of the audit. What is being said in the report is that it is difficult then to get a clear picture of the exact nature of the tax gap and, consequently, the actual loss of revenue to the State.