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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Tax Appeals) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (30 May 2019)

Paddy Burke: People are very tax compliant, yet the commission seems to be receiving a large number of appeals and is expanding and in need of more staff. How does Ms Donaghy account for this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Tax Appeals) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (30 May 2019)

Paddy Burke: How far back do the longest appeals go? Do they go back to 2010 or-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Tax Appeals) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (30 May 2019)

Paddy Burke: That is the point I am making. Some of them go way back and no decision has been made on them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Tax Appeals) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (30 May 2019)

Paddy Burke: Why would it take more than three years to deal with an appeal that goes back to 2010, 2011 or 2012?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Tax Appeals) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (30 May 2019)

Paddy Burke: Are the legacy cases left on the back foot?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Tax Appeals) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (30 May 2019)

Paddy Burke: When will the legacy appeals be completed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Tax Appeals) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (30 May 2019)

Paddy Burke: Has the commission received any appeals relating to the property tax?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Tax Appeals) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (30 May 2019)

Paddy Burke: Are there many?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Tax Appeals) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (30 May 2019)

Paddy Burke: How would an appeal come about? Would there have been a dispute between the owner and whoever makes the assessment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Tax Appeals) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (30 May 2019)

Paddy Burke: Perhaps a buyer would suggest it should have been paid by the previous owner.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Tax Appeals) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (30 May 2019)

Paddy Burke: As the principal officer, Ms Donaghy liaises between the commission and the Department of Finance. Under the new proposed legislation a chairman will be appointed who will report directly to the Minister for Finance. Does this mean there will then be no contact between the Department of Finance and the Tax Appeals Commission once an appeal has gone over?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Tax Appeals) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (30 May 2019)

Paddy Burke: Would there perhaps be a strain sometimes between the Secretary General at the Department of Finance and the chairman of the Tax Appeals Commission?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Tax Appeals) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (30 May 2019)

Paddy Burke: It does not seem from the statement that the role of authority is well defined. Is the Secretary General the boss and does the chairman of the Tax Appeals Commission report to the Secretary General? Alternatively, will the chairman be completely independent and will he or she report to the Minister for Finance?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Tax Appeals) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (30 May 2019)

Paddy Burke: We will see.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Tax Appeals) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (30 May 2019)

Paddy Burke: If an appeal is successful in a certain area, does it have a reflection on other appeals of a similar nature?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Tax Appeals) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (30 May 2019)

Paddy Burke: If the appeal is successful and it has a bearing on other appeals, is it communicated to the Department of Finance or to the Revenue Commissioners that they should drop any similar type cases?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Tax Appeals) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (30 May 2019)

Paddy Burke: In respect of inheritance, particularly around the area of property, in the past ten years we have seen property values rising very high and falling low. Now they are on the increase again. How is the date determined on which an inheritance takes place? Is the valuation taken at the close or at a previous point? How is that decided?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Tax Appeals) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (30 May 2019)

Paddy Burke: It can be very significant. In some cases it can be beneficial, I suppose. A particular date is set out in the Act, then.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Tax Appeals) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (30 May 2019)

Paddy Burke: How does one get a valuation of a particular property at a particular time? If someone has to get a valuation of a property for four or five years ago, how is that got?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jun 2019)

Paddy Burke: I, too, congratulate Senator Grace O'Sullivan, who follows current and former Members of the Houses who have been elected to the European Parliament over the years, such as Deputies Fitzgerald and Kelleher, as well as Mr. Jim Higgins, Ms Deirdre Clune, Ms Avril Doyle and Mr. Joe McCartin, all of whom were once Deputies and Senators. I assume there are other cases of former Members who were...