Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Question 188: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the processing time for applications made by businesses or individuals that submitted form TR1, form TR2 and form PREMREG; and if he will provide the information in tabular readable form. [32338/07]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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I am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that they record information on registrations by reference to their published customer service standard which aims to see 100% of cases registered for these business taxes within five working days of application. The actual performance for the first ten months of this year is as follows:

Variations in meeting the standard occur from month to month depending on seasonal factors, mainly the volume of work on hand in each Revenue District. Whether or not the standard is met is also influenced by the quality of the application form. Revenue is examining the possibility of allowing on-line registration using its highly successful Revenue On-Line Service.