Results 1,421-1,440 of 19,445 for speaker:Brian Cowen
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (31 May 2005)
Brian Cowen: I am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that a review of this taxpayer's liability will be completed for the three years ended 31 December 2004 on receipt of completed return of income forms that have been issued to the person's home address.
- Written Answers — Diplomatic Representation: Diplomatic Representation (31 May 2005)
Brian Cowen: The Government has not made any representations to the Chinese authorities regarding the revaluation of the yuan. As Minister for Finance, I do not comment on any particular exchange rate of the euro or other currency. However, I would endorse the statement made by Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker, the Prime Minister of Luxembourg in his capacity as chairman of the EU ECOFIN Council to the spring 2005...
- Written Answers — Consumer Strategy Group: Consumer Strategy Group (31 May 2005)
Brian Cowen: The Government recently approved the recommendation of the consumer strategy group concerning the establishment of a new national consumer agency, NCA. The Government also agreed to the appointment by the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment of a board of the NCA to act on an interim basis until such time as the agency can be established on a statutory basis. The functions and role...
- Written Answers — Computer Software: Computer Software (31 May 2005)
Brian Cowen: My Department spent â¬448,911.73 on software licensing in 2002. Of this, â¬239,124.76 was spent on software licences from the company referred to. The corresponding figures for 2004 are â¬548,903.68 and â¬318,076.91 respectively. My Department has been using open source software since 1995. In that regard, the Civil Service Internet access infrastructure, which my Department has managed...
- Tax Code. (1 Jun 2005)
Brian Cowen: I announced in my Budget Statement that my Department and the Office of the Revenue Commissioners are undertaking a detailed review of certain tax incentive schemes and exemptions during the course of this year. On 9 April I announced the award of two external consultancy contracts for the reviews. One consultancy firm is examining the area-based urban, town and rural renewal schemes and the...
- Tax Code. (1 Jun 2005)
Brian Cowen: Any Minister of Finance would review the schemes, the way in which they interact with the economic and social priorities of the day and whether he or she wishes to continue with them or change, add to or detract from them. In this case, having taken up office shortly before my budget, I put in place a more structured review system and obtained consultancy help in looking at the schemes which...
- Tax Code. (1 Jun 2005)
Brian Cowen: As I stated in my reply, I am not in a position to indicate any likely publication date for those studies at this time. We must first receive and consider them. Tax strategy documents are not published until after the budget and Finance Bills have been considered. I am leaving such matters open and am not prepared to give a commitment on anything until I see the contents of the report. As...
- Tax Code. (1 Jun 2005)
Brian Cowen: I am not in a position at this stage to say when it will be published. We will get it first and then decide what I can do with it.
- Tax Code. (1 Jun 2005)
Brian Cowen: The Deputy will know all about it on budget day.
- Tax Code. (1 Jun 2005)
Brian Cowen: I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that the report mentioned was an internal report of an organisation review group which led in to the restructuring of the Office of the Revenue Commissioners. The comment in the report regarding the possibility that people claiming to be non-resident in Ireland might in reality be living here was intended to outline the group's perception of a risk...
- Tax Code. (1 Jun 2005)
Brian Cowen: I saw the programme. As I indicated in my initial reply, the comment referred to was not based on any research carried out at that time. It was intended to outline the group's perception of a risk on which Revenue's new structures would need to be able to focus. Subsequently, the new structures I outlined in the reply have been doing that. Revenue have ways and means, which they do not...
- Tax Code. (1 Jun 2005)
Brian Cowen: No. That is the way it is currently.
- Tax Code. (1 Jun 2005)
Brian Cowen: That is the current position. Facts sometimes hurt.
- Tax Code. (1 Jun 2005)
Brian Cowen: I am here to give the facts. That was consistent with Revenue practice under the pre-1994 rules. While the 183 day rule is a common rule among other jurisdictions, not every jurisdiction applies it in the same way. For example, the UK ignores the day of arrival and the day of departure regardless of the number of visits that take place in a tax year. In Denmark, an individual would be...
- Tax Code. (1 Jun 2005)
Brian Cowen: Non-residence for tax purposes does not mean that people are exempt from paying tax in Ireland. It means that they only pay tax on their Irish sourced income. Non-residency enables them not to be subject to tax on worldwide income.
- Tax Code. (1 Jun 2005)
Brian Cowen: Every time I come into this House there is a theme from the Labour Party spokesperson, based on her acute sense of conspiracy, that I am knowledgeable about the income tax affairs of individuals other than myself. I certainly am not and if she is, she is a better woman than I am. I understand that everyone's tax affairs are confidential between the individual and the Revenue Commissioners....
- Tax Code. (1 Jun 2005)
Brian Cowen: I want to make this clarification.
- Tax Code. (1 Jun 2005)
Brian Cowen: A serious charge has been made. I must insist on replying.
- Tax Code. (1 Jun 2005)
Brian Cowen: I am not prepared to allow such unnecessary charges to go unchallenged. They are unnecessary and have no basis in fact.
- Tax Code. (1 Jun 2005)
Brian Cowen: It would be far better if the Deputy were to be so gracious as to withdraw such charges. I would never make such misleading charges against a Deputy in this House. It does not become Deputy Burton. If she thinks she can make such charges and that people whose job it is to report to the wider public will publish these charges unchallenged, it suggests there is some foundation to what she...