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Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 12 - Tackling Fuel Laundering
Chapter 15 - Taxpayer Compliance
2015 Revenue Accounts (13 Oct 2016)

Shane Cassells: Can Mr. Cody give an indication of the average figure?

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 12 - Tackling Fuel Laundering
Chapter 15 - Taxpayer Compliance
2015 Revenue Accounts (13 Oct 2016)

Shane Cassells: Does Revenue have teams on the ground in those instances? Obviously estates are easy to target and so forth. Is Revenue deploying teams to look at this in rural areas?

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 12 - Tackling Fuel Laundering
Chapter 15 - Taxpayer Compliance
2015 Revenue Accounts (13 Oct 2016)

Shane Cassells: It is still significant at over €1 million.

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 12 - Tackling Fuel Laundering
Chapter 15 - Taxpayer Compliance
2015 Revenue Accounts (13 Oct 2016)

Shane Cassells: In terms of the costs of the audit versus the pursuance of the-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 12 - Tackling Fuel Laundering
Chapter 15 - Taxpayer Compliance
2015 Revenue Accounts (13 Oct 2016)

Shane Cassells: Mr. Cody is saying the onus is on the Revenue Commissioners to get that figure. His opening remarks in response to me were very definitive.

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 12 - Tackling Fuel Laundering
Chapter 15 - Taxpayer Compliance
2015 Revenue Accounts (13 Oct 2016)

Shane Cassells: Okay.

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 12 - Tackling Fuel Laundering
Chapter 15 - Taxpayer Compliance
2015 Revenue Accounts (13 Oct 2016)

Shane Cassells: Mr. Cody was very definitive in saying that Irish tax law was complied with.

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 12 - Tackling Fuel Laundering
Chapter 15 - Taxpayer Compliance
2015 Revenue Accounts (13 Oct 2016)

Shane Cassells: From Mr. Cody's perspective, has this been a damaging period for us as a country, for the Revenue Commissioners and people's interpretation of our tax code, when we consider that outside commentators have looked at and analysed us?

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 12 - Tackling Fuel Laundering
Chapter 15 - Taxpayer Compliance
2015 Revenue Accounts (13 Oct 2016)

Shane Cassells: What will they move into next?

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 12 - Tackling Fuel Laundering
Chapter 15 - Taxpayer Compliance
2015 Revenue Accounts (13 Oct 2016)

Shane Cassells: Can Mr. Cody provide a quick comment on the appropriation accounts for 2015 and the payroll overpayments? A total of €1.1 million is involved or 827 cases. Of this, Revenue has recovery plans in place for 279 cases totalling €432,000. Can Mr. Cody comment on how they occur and on recouping the remainder?

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 12 - Tackling Fuel Laundering
Chapter 15 - Taxpayer Compliance
2015 Revenue Accounts (13 Oct 2016)

Shane Cassells: He also indicated as a representative of the tax collecting body of the State that there was not an evasion of tax. On that basis, is it a red herring from the Commission that there is a pot of money due to the people of the State? It is being used in a political context as a pot of money that could be used for expenditure on a range of items. As the tax collecting body of the State, the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 12 - Tackling Fuel Laundering
Chapter 15 - Taxpayer Compliance
2015 Revenue Accounts (13 Oct 2016)

Shane Cassells: There is a lot to get through, so I will jump from section to section. I wish to move to the local property tax, something that is also alive in the minds of people. According to the accounts, Revenue achieved 97% compliance for the tax in 2015. Recent media reports covered how Revenue would chase the remaining 3% and bring them into the net. Has Revenue identified a cohort of homes or a...

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 12 - Tackling Fuel Laundering
Chapter 15 - Taxpayer Compliance
2015 Revenue Accounts (13 Oct 2016)

Shane Cassells: To move onto the bigger picture and the issues Mr. Cody touched on in respect of the audit gap, the statistics in the random audits are consistent over the past number of years. Roughly one third, and for the past few years it has been as high as 40%, of those audited have been found to have underpaid their tax and owe on average of €18,500 in unpaid tax. In terms of the audit gap,...

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 12 - Tackling Fuel Laundering
Chapter 15 - Taxpayer Compliance
2015 Revenue Accounts (13 Oct 2016)

Shane Cassells: I mentioned compliance and the fact that there is a steady figure of approximately one third of underpayments by individuals and businesses. As Mr. Cody has stated, these are mostly small businesses which would, according to the figures, owe an average of €18,000 and, in many cases, it is less than €2,000. I am sure these people would be interested in hearing about compliance...

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 12 - Tackling Fuel Laundering
Chapter 15 - Taxpayer Compliance
2015 Revenue Accounts (13 Oct 2016)

Shane Cassells: There is a portion dealing with fuel laundering, which is a very big issue in the north east and my neighbouring county of Louth. The Comptroller and Auditor General report and the Revenue Commissioners have indicated there were clean-up costs of nearly €7 million. I know the strain this puts on the State and local authorities. At one stage, there were 539 cases in Louth and 459...

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 12 - Tackling Fuel Laundering
Chapter 15 - Taxpayer Compliance
2015 Revenue Accounts (13 Oct 2016)

Shane Cassells: I welcome Mr. Cody. I pay tribute to him and all his staff for the work they do and their contribution to the State. I also thank the Comptroller and Auditor General and all his staff for their consistent work on behalf of the committee. With so much focus this week on expenditure in the State, it is opportune that officials from the Revenue Commissioners are here this morning as we look...