Written answers
Thursday, 29 June 2017
Department of Finance
Tax Data
Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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88. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax debt outstanding to the Revenue Commissioners, by county; the amount of tax debt collected by revenue sheriffs by county in each month to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30617/17]
Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I am advised that Revenue measures the tax debt for all years at 31 March each year.
At 31 March 2017 the total tax debt was €1,944m. The debt included tax that was subject to appeal before the Tax Appeals Commission (€1,105million) and tax that was subject to insolvency proceedings (€83million) and therefore not available for collection by Revenue.
Of the remaining €755million of collectible debt, €328million was subject to debt collection/enforcement action, €116million was being collected on a phased basis with the remaining €311million at various stages of the debt collection cycle, for example estimate or demand.
Table 1 contains the total debt and the debt available for collection by county at 31 March 2017.
Revenue only refers outstanding tax liabilities to its enforcement agents, including Sheriffs, as a last resort. Before any such action is taken Revenue makes every effort to engage with the taxpayer and where possible will agree a mutually acceptable payment arrangement as an alternative. Revenue’s ongoing commitment in this regard is clearly evidenced by the 10,886 phased payment arrangements that were agreed in 2016 in respect of €103m of debt.
Table 2 sets out the monthly amount of tax debt collected by the Sheriffs in 2017 to date (31May).
Table 1 - Total Debt and Debt Available for Collection by County
Mar-17 | Total Debt | Debt Available For Collection |
---|---|---|
Net (millions) | Net (millions) | |
Dublin | €987 | €186 |
Cork | €177 | €104 |
Carlow | €12 | €9 |
Cavan | €26 | €9 |
Clare | €20 | €15 |
Donegal | €21 | €15 |
Galway | €60 | €47 |
Kerry | €36 | €26 |
Kildare | €66 | €28 |
Kilkenny | €13 | €12 |
Laois | €13 | €11 |
Leitrim | €9 | €5 |
Limerick | €62 | €29 |
Longford | €13 | €12 |
Louth | €34 | €26 |
Mayo | €20 | €16 |
Meath | €45 | €41 |
Monaghan | €43 | €9 |
Offaly | €27 | €12 |
Roscommon | €7 | €7 |
Sligo | €13 | €11 |
Tipperary | €68 | €22 |
Waterford | €21 | €17 |
Westmeath | €26 | €15 |
Wexford | €64 | €28 |
Wicklow | €38 | €26 |
Foreign | €23 | €17 |
Totals | €1,944 | €755* |
Table 2 - Sheriffs’ Tax Debt Collection by County January to May 2017
- | January | February | March | April | May | Totals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
County | Amount | Amount | Amount | Amount | Amount | Amount |
Dublin | €3,403,518 | €3,846,631 | €4,421,142 | €4,239,941 | €4,725,249 | €20,636,481 |
Cork | €1,105,562 | €942,099 | €1,623,374 | €1,338,276 | €1,683,372 | €6,692,683 |
Carlow | €136,680 | €124,440 | €128,164 | €133,907 | €200,673 | €723,864 |
Cavan | €133,448 | €151,648 | €170,052 | €213,201 | €272,808 | €941,157 |
Clare | €251,483 | €180,554 | €284,406 | €284,956 | €191,317 | €1,192,716 |
Donegal | €220,055 | €258,838 | €312,580 | €417,537 | €369,925 | €1,578,935 |
Galway | €460,997 | €491,446 | €822,049 | €715,093 | €830,738 | €3,320,323 |
Kerry | €175,758 | €200,123 | €304,001 | €339,470 | €352,855 | €1,372,207 |
Kildare | €537,295 | €375,626 | €474,231 | €530,566 | €598,645 | €2,516,363 |
Kilkenny | €154,461 | €124,234 | €191,097 | €292,985 | €282,858 | €1,045,635 |
Laois | €165,288 | €145,965 | €193,576 | €261,384 | €209,527 | €975,740 |
Leitrim | €64,201 | €54,287 | €187,306 | €157,220 | €142,854 | €605,868 |
Limerick | €390,367 | €372,501 | €547,417 | €542,534 | €492,083 | €2,344,902 |
Longford | €127,184 | €62,852 | €143,227 | €123,049 | €124,402 | €580,714 |
Louth | €406,975 | €359,126 | €415,844 | €477,172 | €698,521 | €2,357,638 |
Mayo | €202,588 | €220,911 | €313,172 | €168,827 | €143,208 | €1,048,706 |
Meath | €559,101 | €509,584 | €682,175 | €601,137 | €864,313 | €3,216,310 |
Monaghan | €177,749 | €140,465 | €162,274 | €189,065 | €288,988 | €958,541 |
Offaly | €71,934 | €50,936 | €93,402 | €180,810 | €101,409 | €498,491 |
Roscommon | €128,914 | €109,822 | €113,029 | €185,873 | €194,930 | €732,568 |
Sligo | €92,936 | €121,209 | €181,998 | €130,057 | €166,481 | €692,681 |
Tipperary | €382,285 | €293,189 | €376,647 | €321,232 | €343,439 | €1,716,792 |
Waterford | €222,603 | €111,231 | €256,837 | €193,385 | €206,260 | €990,316 |
Westmeath | €269,829 | €231,665 | €274,623 | €373,789 | €499,864 | €1,649,770 |
Wexford | €505,087 | €279,073 | €324,857 | €378,655 | €325,985 | €1,813,657 |
Wicklow | €462,928 | €278,632 | €396,729 | €559,372 | €457,105 | €2,154,766 |
Totals | €10,809,226 | €10,037,087 | €13,394,209 | €13,349,493 | €14,767,809 | €62,357,824 |
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