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
Shane Cassells (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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There is a lot to get through, so I will jump from section to section. I wish to move to the local property tax, something that is also alive in the minds of people. According to the accounts, Revenue achieved 97% compliance for the tax in 2015. Recent media reports covered how Revenue would chase the remaining 3% and bring them into the net. Has Revenue identified a cohort of homes or a regional spread? Can Mr. Cody offer a comment in this regard in terms of the plan to bring in the 3%? It is all collectable? Is there always a certain portion of bad debt? What are the Revenue targets in this regard?