Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Independent)
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78. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an explanation for the apparent discrepancy between an answer he provided to Parliamentary Question No. 91 of 12 January 2012 and to Parliamentary Question No. 295 of 17 September 2014, in which he advised that there were 14,319 Revenue Commissioners affidavits filed in 2010 (details supplied) yet he informed this Deputy that just 9,576 were filed; and if he will recheck and confirm the correct number of CA24 forms filed in each year from 2005 to 2014. [12515/15]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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I have been advised by the Revenue Commissioners that the numbers to which the Deputy refers  are different because different methods were used by them to compile the figures.  The figures in the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 91 of 12 January 2012, are based on the number of Inland Revenue Affidavits filed in a year, and were based on historical manual records of Capital Acquisitions tax correspondence. The figures in reply to Parliamentary Question No. 295 of 17 September 2014, are based on the number of Inland Revenue Affidavits processed during a year.

Arising from the deployment of new technology in Revenue, in conjunction with the modernisation of CAT in 2010, figures are now recorded electronically  when the forms CA24 are processed by Revenue rather than when they are received.

Revenue apologises for not clearly distinguishing the nature of activity reported for different years. 

This table sets out the number of Inland Revenue Affidavits received by Revenue in the years 2005 to 2009.

This table sets out the number of Inland Revenue Affidavits processed by Revenue in the years 2010 to 2014.