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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Land Availability (20 Jun 2017)

Peter Burke: 2156. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he has access to a register of land banks in the greater Dublin area; the type of companies that hold these land banks; his plans to create such a register if one does not exist in order to tackle the deficit in land available for residential development in that area; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: EU Legislation (20 Jun 2017)

Peter Burke: 2226. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the occasions on which his Department was deemed to be in breach of EU legislation; the issues involved in each case; if sanctions were imposed by the EU; the type of sanctions imposed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28105/17]

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account
Chapter 13 - Revenue's Review of Medical Consultants' Tax Affairs
Chapter 14 - Research and Development Tax Credit
Chapter 16 - Deferral of Tobacco Stamp Liability (1 Jun 2017)

Peter Burke: I thank all the witnesses for their attendance. I want to have a look at the Revenue Commissioners' headline results for 2016 as given in the three-page document that summarises the yields and various interventions and puts numbers behind the majority of them. In respect of audit compliance, there have been about 537,000 interventions. The average yield, if we were to be as crude as that,...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account
Chapter 13 - Revenue's Review of Medical Consultants' Tax Affairs
Chapter 14 - Research and Development Tax Credit
Chapter 16 - Deferral of Tobacco Stamp Liability (1 Jun 2017)

Peter Burke: Are the aspect queries very fruitful for Revenue in terms of the resources that have to be put into them? Could Mr. Cody explain the process by which they are selected? I imagine Revenue has improved an awful lot in terms of assessing the balances on VAT and PAYE control accounts and matching them to their returns after the period end. If there are any differences, obviously they are...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account
Chapter 13 - Revenue's Review of Medical Consultants' Tax Affairs
Chapter 14 - Research and Development Tax Credit
Chapter 16 - Deferral of Tobacco Stamp Liability (1 Jun 2017)

Peter Burke: That would involve making an appropriate call in that context. Between 2015 and 2016, incidents of instalment arrangements seem to have gone up from approximately 8,500 to almost 11,000. The actual value of debt under arrangements did not increase significantly, but is there any reason for the increase in the number of instalment arrangements?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account
Chapter 13 - Revenue's Review of Medical Consultants' Tax Affairs
Chapter 14 - Research and Development Tax Credit
Chapter 16 - Deferral of Tobacco Stamp Liability (1 Jun 2017)

Peter Burke: With regard to the online system, what incidence is there of people completing form 11 and form 12 online? I imagine the vast majority are at this stage. Do we still accept paper copies?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account
Chapter 13 - Revenue's Review of Medical Consultants' Tax Affairs
Chapter 14 - Research and Development Tax Credit
Chapter 16 - Deferral of Tobacco Stamp Liability (1 Jun 2017)

Peter Burke: If someone is in a poor area for broadband, for example.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account
Chapter 13 - Revenue's Review of Medical Consultants' Tax Affairs
Chapter 14 - Research and Development Tax Credit
Chapter 16 - Deferral of Tobacco Stamp Liability (1 Jun 2017)

Peter Burke: I have a few questions on the Exchequer receipts. I will obviously be careful to deal with administration questions. Corporation tax continues to pull ahead, and going back to 2014 and then looking at the picture in 2016, the increase still seems very strong. How solid is that? I know Mr. Cody wrote to the Minister for Finance last year, saying he did not expect all but 300 million of it...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account
Chapter 13 - Revenue's Review of Medical Consultants' Tax Affairs
Chapter 14 - Research and Development Tax Credit
Chapter 16 - Deferral of Tobacco Stamp Liability (1 Jun 2017)

Peter Burke: What is that in money terms? As a ballpark figure, is it €6 billion-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account
Chapter 13 - Revenue's Review of Medical Consultants' Tax Affairs
Chapter 14 - Research and Development Tax Credit
Chapter 16 - Deferral of Tobacco Stamp Liability (1 Jun 2017)

Peter Burke: The witness might perhaps, in due course, send on the report that is published.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account
Chapter 13 - Revenue's Review of Medical Consultants' Tax Affairs
Chapter 14 - Research and Development Tax Credit
Chapter 16 - Deferral of Tobacco Stamp Liability (1 Jun 2017)

Peter Burke: Have we also seen significant increases outside of the large cases division?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account
Chapter 13 - Revenue's Review of Medical Consultants' Tax Affairs
Chapter 14 - Research and Development Tax Credit
Chapter 16 - Deferral of Tobacco Stamp Liability (1 Jun 2017)

Peter Burke: As the economy improves.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account
Chapter 13 - Revenue's Review of Medical Consultants' Tax Affairs
Chapter 14 - Research and Development Tax Credit
Chapter 16 - Deferral of Tobacco Stamp Liability (1 Jun 2017)

Peter Burke: I have a few further questions. I have heard many call for reform of the capital acquisitions tax system. It amounts to less than 1% of our tax yield and yet sometimes business or entities that do not qualify for reliefs etc. find it very difficult to pass on businesses or inheritance to the next generation. While I know Mr. Cody has no role in policy, does he have any views on the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account
Chapter 13 - Revenue's Review of Medical Consultants' Tax Affairs
Chapter 14 - Research and Development Tax Credit
Chapter 16 - Deferral of Tobacco Stamp Liability (1 Jun 2017)

Peter Burke: Is Mr. Cody bringing that view forward to the Department of Finance?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account
Chapter 13 - Revenue's Review of Medical Consultants' Tax Affairs
Chapter 14 - Research and Development Tax Credit
Chapter 16 - Deferral of Tobacco Stamp Liability (1 Jun 2017)

Peter Burke: For improvement?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account
Chapter 13 - Revenue's Review of Medical Consultants' Tax Affairs
Chapter 14 - Research and Development Tax Credit
Chapter 16 - Deferral of Tobacco Stamp Liability (1 Jun 2017)

Peter Burke: I expect it is difficult to ensure compliance in that area.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account
Chapter 13 - Revenue's Review of Medical Consultants' Tax Affairs
Chapter 14 - Research and Development Tax Credit
Chapter 16 - Deferral of Tobacco Stamp Liability (1 Jun 2017)

Peter Burke: That is obviously a major challenge.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account
Chapter 13 - Revenue's Review of Medical Consultants' Tax Affairs
Chapter 14 - Research and Development Tax Credit
Chapter 16 - Deferral of Tobacco Stamp Liability (1 Jun 2017)

Peter Burke: There is potentially an opportunity to increase the yield considering it is small in terms of the total tax take. I am referring to recording gifts and ensuring people are aware that thresholds apply when they receive money as a gift from a third party. The level of the threshold will depend on the relationship to the disponer etc.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account
Chapter 13 - Revenue's Review of Medical Consultants' Tax Affairs
Chapter 14 - Research and Development Tax Credit
Chapter 16 - Deferral of Tobacco Stamp Liability (1 Jun 2017)

Peter Burke: Could Revenue do more to make people aware of their obligations in that regard?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account
Chapter 13 - Revenue's Review of Medical Consultants' Tax Affairs
Chapter 14 - Research and Development Tax Credit
Chapter 16 - Deferral of Tobacco Stamp Liability (1 Jun 2017)

Peter Burke: Outside of that, in terms of broadening public knowledge, as self-assessment and form 11 deadlines approach, we hear advertisements on radio or see them in newspapers. However, individuals' obligations regarding capital acquisitions tax, CAT, appear to be under the radar.