Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 28 June 2018
Public Accounts Committee
2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 9 - Internal Controls in the Tax Appeals Commission
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission
9:00 am
Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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The Legislature can decide interest rates but this is due to a delay in the TAC. If cases go on for a considerable time, it exposes the risk of additional interest charges for the taxpayer involved. It is because of the inefficiencies of the office, not the policy.