Michael Collins (Cork South West, Independent)
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263. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners publish the figures for uncollected income tax for each previous year and the total amount written off to date by each year; if so, the location this information can be found; if it is subject to audit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19909/17]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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The total amounts of tax written out each year are documented in Revenue’s Annual Report. For the Deputy’s information the various Annual Reports are available on the Revenue website at .

The details of tax written out each year are provided to the Comptroller & Auditor General for examination and are also examined internally by Revenue’s own Internal Audit Unit. To ensure full transparency of the internal audit function, the Unit is overseen by Revenue’s Audit Committee, which mainly comprises of non-Revenue personnel, including its chairperson.

For the years 2014, 2015 and 2016, Revenue wrote out amounts totalling €228m, €170m and €211m respectively. The Income Tax element of the overall amounts was €40.95m, €25.26m and €42.85m. These figures should be viewed in the context of net collection amounts of €41.4Bn, €45.79Bn and €47.97Bn.