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- Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)
Shane Ross: It was all offshore already.
- Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)
Shane Ross: That is a very interesting point. France, Belgium and Argentina have charged HSBC-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)
Shane Ross: I read that in the newspapers so it is probably wrong.
- Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)
Shane Ross: Ireland has not pursued it for criminal activity.
- Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)
Shane Ross: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)
Shane Ross: From whom did Mr. Cody get this advice?
- Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)
Shane Ross: How does Revenue decide from whom it gets legal advice?
- Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)
Shane Ross: This is very important and it is very important for the Revenue Commissioners. The Revenue Commissioners do not seem to like prosecuting people very much and their record of prosecuting on these issues is sparse to say the least. As Mr. Cody knows, nobody was prosecuted under Ansbacher. We have been through that before with the Revenue Commissioners. On bogus non-resident accounts, I do...
- Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)
Shane Ross: I know, but it has investigated 1,000.
- Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)
Shane Ross: It has investigated 1,000 out of 3,600. Is that not right?
- Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)
Shane Ross: We had-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)
Shane Ross: That is individuals. What about corporates?
- Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)
Shane Ross: I accept that. The Revenue Commissioners have recovered €4.5 million.
- Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)
Shane Ross: It is €4.6 million here and Spain has recovered €220 million.
- Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)
Shane Ross: I accept that. That is fair enough. I wish to ask about dissolved corporates. The Revenue Commissioners kind of eliminated them. Why? Could they not have owed quite a lot of money? They could have been tax evaders.
- Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)
Shane Ross: The term "non-residents with Irish addresses" confuses me. They have been eliminated. How can someone be a non-resident with an Irish address and then be eliminated from the Revenue Commissioners' inquiries?
- Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)
Shane Ross: Could they be bogus non-resident accounts?
- Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)
Shane Ross: We are talking about people who basically had two addresses. If they had a holiday home, they gave both addresses.
- Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)
Shane Ross: However, they were domiciled elsewhere for tax purposes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)
Shane Ross: That is fine. I might come back later, but I will just finish now. Is there any way that the funds industry could facilitate tax evasion?