Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 8 May 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

VAT Refunds to Unregistered Farmers: Revenue Commissioners

Mr. Chad Egan:

Self-assessment is where the taxpayer makes a judgment based on the legislation. He or she may take advice on the refund claim, and then Revenue processes that. I cannot speak to the specifics of the Senator's claim because I do not have the details of it, and taxpayer confidentiality applies, but I am pretty happy that we have been quite consistent with our approach. Our approach has also been explained to representative groups before. Claims may get through that maybe should not have been allowed and processed-----