Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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351. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of annual company returns that were filed late in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4227/14]

Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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According to the records of the Companies Registration Office, 18,177 annual returns were deemed to have been filed late in 2013. This figure represents 13.6% of all the annual returns received by that Office during 2013.

The percentage of companies filing an annual return on time has steadily increased. 82.3% of companies filed on time in 2011, 85.2% filed on time in 2012 and that percentage rose to 86.4% in 2013.