Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 33: To ask the Minister for Finance the circumstances whereby a person (details supplied) in County Kildare was led to believe they could expect a tax refund under C45 in the region of €22,000 which was subsequently reviewed on audit; if other audits resulted in a similar reduction of expectation; if the case will therefore be further reviewed in an effort to realise the reduction in line with original indications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12254/11]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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I have been advised by the Revenue Commissioners that the tax refund in question was reduced following a Revenue audit when deductions incorrectly claimed were identified and withdrawn. Statistics on other similar cases are not readily available. However, inevitably where Revenue detects incorrect claims for deductions, it will seek to recover the tax loss through collection or restriction of repayment, which is what I would expect.

Revenue presented settlement proposals to the taxpayer through his agent in this case on 7 September 2010.