Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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153. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the total amount of money collected by the Revenue Commissioners in 2014 from self-employed persons; and the total amount of penalty interest collected by the Revenue Commissioners in that time. [1127/15]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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I assume that the Deputy is referring to that amount of Income Tax collected from Schedule D taxpayers (self employed persons).  I am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that the net receipts of Income Tax collected from Schedule D taxpayers in 2013, the last year for which returns have been filed and fully processed, is shown on the Commissioners' statistics webpage at , under the heading "Receipts - Revenue Net Receipts by Taxhead on an annual basis". These statistics will be updated in due course.

As regards penalty interest collected by the Revenue Commissioners, I am assuming that the Deputy is referring to the penalties and interest arising from Revenue's various compliance programmes. Generally speaking, I am advised that monetary settlements reached between Revenue and taxpayers in the context of a compliance intervention will consist of additional tax, interest and penalties.

I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that the total amount of tax, interest and penalties arising from compliance interventions in 2014 on all businesses, including companies, self-employed persons and partnerships, is as follows: