Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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157. To ask the Minister for Finance the up-to-date position for 2014 in relation to the Revenue Commissioner audits of self-employed contractors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29766/15]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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I believe the Deputy is referring to Revenue's National Contractors Project, which started in July 2013. In the period 1 July 2013 to 25 June 2015, 686 audits of contracting companies and a further 494 audits of the directors of those companies were concluded giving rise to additional tax interest and penalties of €17,020,605. A further €179,997 is the subject of enforcement action to recover the amounts due. The remaining cases are being actively progressed with the expectation that most of these will be finalised by the end of this year.