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
Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail)
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I accept there might be that issue.
There are 5,000 cases in dispute and €1.6 billion in tax in dispute. There is a general understanding among the public that €1.6 billion in tax is due. That is not the case. The witnesses are now saying that in respect of an aspect of the tax that is not in dispute, there has been a payment on account. Everyone out there assumes there is €1.6 billion due. I ask Mr. O'Mahony to clarify that figure. What is the figure if the amount paid on account is subtracted from the total tax amount of the cases in dispute?