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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Exchequer Revenue (15 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 223. To ask the Minister for Finance the partial and full-year revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer by reducing the earnings cap relating to pension contributions from €115,000 to €70,000 and standardising the rate of relief awarded in respect of such contributions for those in the private sector with salaries in excess of €50,000 and €60,000,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Exchequer Revenue (15 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 224. To ask the Minister for Finance the partial and full-year revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer by standardising the rate of relief awarded in respect of all pension contributions for those with salaries in excess of €50,000 per annum. [31244/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Exchequer Revenue (15 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 226. To ask the Minister for Finance the partial and full-year revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer by increasing the imputed distribution rate for ARFs and PRSAs by 1% in both bands under and over €2 million, bringing the rates to 6% and 7%, respectively. [31246/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Exchequer Revenue (15 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 225. To ask the Minister for Finance the partial and full-year revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer by reducing the tax exemption for lump sum pension payments on retirement to €80,000 and taxing the balance at the marginal rate. [31245/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Exchequer Revenue (15 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 227. To ask the Minister for Finance the partial and full-year revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer by increasing the stamp duty on share transactions from 1% to 1.5%. [31247/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Exchequer Revenue (15 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 228. To ask the Minister for Finance the partial and full-year revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer by increasing Revenue Commissioners' personnel by 125 qualified persons to target tax evasion and black-market activity, as per the Revenue Commissioners' contribution to the initial comprehensive review of spending. [31248/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Exchequer Revenue (15 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 229. To ask the Minister for Finance the partial and full-year revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer by standardising the relief relating to investment in film. [31249/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Exchequer Revenue (15 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 230. To ask the Minister for Finance the partial and full-year revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer by standardising investment in rented residential relief under section 23. [31250/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Exchequer Revenue (15 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 231. To ask the Minister for Finance the partial and full-year revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer by reducing mortgage interest deductions against rent for landlords from 75% to 41%, 40%, 35% and 30%, respectively. [31251/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Exchequer Revenue (15 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 232. To ask the Minister for Finance the partial and full-year revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer by increasing withholding tax on royalties, where it applies, from 20% to 22%, 23%, 24% and 25%, respectively. [31252/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (15 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 233. To ask the Minister for Finance the partial and full-year cost to the Exchequer of abolishing the local property tax. [31253/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (15 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 234. To ask the Minister for Finance the partial and full-year cost to the Exchequer of reducing windfall tax from 80% to 60%, 50% and 40%, respectively, for development land disposals. [31254/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (15 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 235. To ask the Minister for Finance the partial and full-year cost to the Exchequer of raising the VAT registration threshold for small medium enterprises with low turnover from €70,000 to €100,000, €150,000, €175,000, €200,000 and €250,000, respectively. [31255/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (15 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 237. To ask the Minister for Finance the partial and full-year cost to the Exchequer of extending the disabled drivers and disabled passengers tax concession scheme to those who would otherwise qualify but are disqualified because they do not buy their cars from authorised dealers. [31257/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (15 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 239. To ask the Minister for Finance the partial and full-year cost to the Exchequer of allowing entrepreneurs-small to medium enterprise start-ups a three-year capital gains tax window for selling on their ideas or businesses. [31259/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (15 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 241. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of maintaining the 9% VAT rate for the hospitality sector; and his plans to continue with this measure. [31261/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Exchequer Savings (15 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 242. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount carried over to 2015 as a result of budget 2014 measures; and if he will provide detailed breakdown thereof. [31262/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Application (15 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 243. To ask the Minister for Finance if the pension provisions of budget 2013 pertaining to contributions no longer receiving tax relief once the pension fund has exceeded the standard fund threshold have been enacted; if so, the amount the measures generated or if recently enacted what they are planned to generate. [31263/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (15 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 244. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of the exemptions applicable for withholding tax with an associated cost for each exemption; an analysis of the exemptions that could be abolished; the impact of their abolition; and the savings that would generate for the Exchequer. [31264/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Payments (15 Jul 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 245. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the lotteries developed in Slovakia and now Portugal which encourage consumers to submit receipts for purchases to the lotto so the Government can create paper trails to ascertain which retailers and merchants are not complying with VAT laws, using false receipt numbers and so on; if he encountered problems with VAT...