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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Revenue Commissioners: Discussion (15 May 2024)
John McGuinness: Okay, that is grand. People say that conversations around tax are not interesting but I must say that-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Revenue Commissioners: Discussion (15 May 2024)
John McGuinness: Well, Mr. Cody can just tell me.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Revenue Commissioners: Discussion (15 May 2024)
John McGuinness: We will go through this quickly. In the context of the public offices of the Revenue, these are not all manned now, are they? In Kilkenny, I know they are not.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Revenue Commissioners: Discussion (15 May 2024)
John McGuinness: Is that number widely available?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Revenue Commissioners: Discussion (15 May 2024)
John McGuinness: I often get asked about this by people who want the information.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Revenue Commissioners: Discussion (15 May 2024)
John McGuinness: I am surprised Mr. Cody did not put Kilkenny in there. I am surprised at that decision.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Revenue Commissioners: Discussion (15 May 2024)
John McGuinness: Oh no.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Revenue Commissioners: Discussion (15 May 2024)
John McGuinness: I just have some comments to relay from a business event I did a while back. Chatting with businesspeople and asking about things in general, they were asking why, sometimes, there are delays with the issuing of tax refunds in situations where people are due them. It was said that there is often a delay in this area. Since that meeting, things have improved a little but there are still...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Revenue Commissioners: Discussion (15 May 2024)
John McGuinness: Okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Revenue Commissioners: Discussion (15 May 2024)
John McGuinness: I am just bringing this matter to Mr. Cody's attention because most of the people, 99% of those I spoke to, were very complimentary about the Revenue Online System, ROS. They were drawing my attention to these issues simply because a better response time for phone queries or longer opening hours would complement what is going on. The other aspect raised with me, and with which I am not...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Revenue Commissioners: Discussion (15 May 2024)
John McGuinness: Yes. The suggestion was put regarding having the ability to return the information required with each VAT return rather than there being a separate annual return.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Revenue Commissioners: Discussion (15 May 2024)
John McGuinness: Is it a simple process to reach a phased payment arrangement?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Revenue Commissioners: Discussion (15 May 2024)
John McGuinness: Yes, but it is not over complicated.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Revenue Commissioners: Discussion (15 May 2024)
John McGuinness: If a self-employed person is behind in paying their local property tax then their income tax return is a surcharge but that is not the case for a PAYE employee. Is that an equitable tax system?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Revenue Commissioners: Discussion (15 May 2024)
John McGuinness: That is the reason.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Revenue Commissioners: Discussion (15 May 2024)
John McGuinness: Is the Tax Appeals Commission completely independent?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Revenue Commissioners: Discussion (15 May 2024)
John McGuinness: Does Revenue not refer cases?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Revenue Commissioners: Discussion (15 May 2024)
John McGuinness: What about the cases that end up in the High Court?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Revenue Commissioners: Discussion (15 May 2024)
John McGuinness: Yes. What about the taxpayer who has had an assessment raised against him or her? Why must he or she carry the burden of his or her case against the might of the appeals commission?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Revenue Commissioners: Discussion (15 May 2024)
John McGuinness: Or the appeal commission against them.