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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
(28 Jun 2018)

Peter Burke: Was the work was under their auspices?

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
(28 Jun 2018)

Peter Burke: What has the TAC learned from it?

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
(28 Jun 2018)

Peter Burke: It is important that the office is seen to hold the highest standards because it adjudicates on the fairness of tax decisions made by the Revenue Commissioners and which have been contested by taxpayers. Assessments may be raised by Revenue where taxpayers have not kept proper books and, therefore, it is important the TAC, in leading the charge on transparency, ensures it gets the best...

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
(28 Jun 2018)

Peter Burke: Does Mr. O'Mahony think it is fundamentally fair that a taxpayer is left with interest charges if he or she is the subject of an adverse finding on appeal? There is an issue of fairness.

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
(28 Jun 2018)

Peter Burke: 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.

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
(28 Jun 2018)

Peter Burke: If there are resource and efficiency issues in the office, could Mr. O'Mahony not make a recommendation, given the problem is the office is taking too much time to process appeals and the taxpayer could be exposed as a result?

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
(28 Jun 2018)

Peter Burke: I contend that there is an unfairness in this situation.

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
(28 Jun 2018)

Peter Burke: There are cases where taxpayers have waited between 16 months and 19 months from the date of the hearing to determination. Why was that?

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
(28 Jun 2018)

Peter Burke: The TAC handed back €600,000 in 2016.

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
(28 Jun 2018)

Peter Burke: The problem I have is that it is totally and inherently unfair on the taxpayer.

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
(28 Jun 2018)

Peter Burke: Why did the commission hand back so much money in 2016?

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
(28 Jun 2018)

Peter Burke: Can the commission not recruit from the private sector?

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
(28 Jun 2018)

Peter Burke: Why not?

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
(28 Jun 2018)

Peter Burke: No, I concur. What IT system is the commission looking for? What does it work with now?

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
(28 Jun 2018)

Peter Burke: Who gives the commission approval for that?

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
(28 Jun 2018)

Peter Burke: Does the office have to give approval for all expenditure?

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
(28 Jun 2018)

Peter Burke: Is the commission under pressure with respect to other basic services?

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
(28 Jun 2018)

Peter Burke: That aspect sounds like a nightmare. It is good that we can highlight that. I have a technical question to finish up. When a taxpayer gets a notice of assessment and has 30 days to appeal it, the taxpayer can sometimes be in the dark about the methodology of how Revenue arrived at the assessment. At later stages, it is difficult to introduce new aspects to an appeal except in limited...

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
(28 Jun 2018)

Peter Burke: Revenue transferred legacy appeals to the commission. They had to write to taxpayers to advise them of this but also to give them an option to negotiate to close their outstanding tax liability. How many took that opportunity and how many were finally transferred?

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
(28 Jun 2018)

Peter Burke: Mr. O'Mahony says that the commission currently has 14.5 staff.

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