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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I move amendment No. 31:In page 31, to delete lines 36 to 38 and substitute the following:“(b) This subsection shall apply where—(i) an accounting standard is adopted for the first time and subsection (2) does not apply, or (ii) an amendment of an accounting standard is adopted for the first time, and references in this subsection to adopting an accounting standard for the...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I move amendment No. 32:In page 32, line 1, to delete “for the relevant period”.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I move amendment No. 33:In page 32, lines 4 and 5, to delete “for the relevant period” and substitute “for an accounting period”.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I move amendment No. 34:In page 32, lines 13 and 14, to delete “for the relevant period” and substitute “for an accounting period”.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I move amendment No. 35:In page 32, line 33, to delete “profession then” and substitute “profession, then”.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I move amendment No. 36:In page 32, to delete lines 37 to 42, to delete page 33, and in page 34, to delete lines 1 to 31 and substitute the following:“(5) (a) In this subsection—(i) ‘material error’, ‘fundamental error’, ‘retrospective’ and ‘opening reserves’ shall be construed in accordance with generally accepted...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Where the financial statements include the correction of an error such as a change from an invalid basis to a valid basis, existing practice based on case law principles provides that the accounting profits must be computed on a new valid basis. Any adjustments which need to be made in order to compute taxable profits on a valid basis must be done by changing the tax computations for those...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: This issue was the subject of an earlier amendment the Deputy sought to table earlier. The Deputy will be aware, because we have previously discussed this issue, that the ability to carry losses forward is a feature of our tax code. In recognition of the quantity of losses that our banks are carrying forward I am committed to the retention of the bank levy. It provides me with an...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The substantive amendment we are discussing relates to what happens in the context of a transition from one accounting standard to another. It is my desire to ensure that we do not lose any tax revenue as that happens. The Deputy is raising a different matter, which she is entitled to do, in regard to how we treat losses within our banking system. As I said, how we deal with the treatment...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: In my view, no.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I move amendment No. 37:In page 34, lines 36 and 37, to delete "as respects accounting periods ending on or after the date of the passing of this Act".

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I move amendment No. 38:In page 34, between lines 37 and 38, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 135 of Principal Act (distributions: supplemental) 20. (1) Section 135 of the Principal Act is amended—(a) by inserting the following subsection after subsection (2)—“(2A) No consideration derived from any share capital or security of a company (being a...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I had a detailed discussion with the Revenue Commissioners about this matter on Monday morning when the papers began to be released because of my concerns regarding the allegations that were contained in the newspapers. In that discussion, the Revenue Commissioners did not indicate that they require further power. Were they to come back and give such an indications, I would, of course, do...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I move amendment No. 39:In page 38, line 2, to delete "section 247(2)(b)(iv)" and substitute "section 247(2)(a)(iv)".

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to be clear on one point from the start. Because this measure was passed via a financial resolution on the night of the budget it is in effect from now. The measure became available and applicable from 11 October 2017. In relation to the various points Deputy Doherty has put to me, before I refer to them I will make the point that the opportunity that is ahead of this country at the...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I have already explained to Deputy Doherty that it moved to 100% because it was felt at that time that this would be a way of treating intellectual property that was consistent with how it was being treated elsewhere. On the question of contact between the Department of Finance and Apple, it is obvious that this was a number of years ago and predates my arrival in the Department. I will...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: With regard to the different points that have been put to me, I reiterate what I said to Deputy Boyd Barrett. We set our tax policy, be it corporation tax or any other policy, on the basis of what we judge to be the right thing for the economy overall and the long-term interests of the Irish taxpayer. Across the period in which we have made decisions like that, we have seen an increase in...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I will get clarification on that point in a moment. With regard to the points that Deputy Boyd Barrett put to me and my views on large companies and corporations and the tax that they should pay, I believe that they should pay their fair share of tax. We will have differing views regarding what that level of tax could be because of potentially differing views regarding those companies and...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Excuse me, sorry Deputy, to both