Written answers
Thursday, 30 July 2020
Department of Finance
Aviation Industry
Mairéad Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein)
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306. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of direct employees of aircraft leasing firms in each of the years 2016 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [19610/20]
Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by Revenue that the information available at this time from tax returns is the number of people employed by aircraft leasing companies for the years 2016 to 2018. This information is set out in the table below.
Information in respect of 2019 will be available when tax returns for that year are filed later in 2020. Tax returns in respect of 2020 are not due to be filed until 2021.
| Year | Number of Employees |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 2,229 |
| 2017 | 2,844 |
| 2018 | 3,038 |
Mairéad Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein)
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307. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of audits carried out by the Revenue Commissioners of aircraft leasing firms in each of the years 2016 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [19611/20]
Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by Revenue that it aims to match its compliance intervention in any given case to the compliance behaviour exhibited by the taxpayer and thereby have regard to the nature and scale of risk. The interventions undertaken by Revenue range from the less intrusive Aspect Queries through to Investigations for cases of suspected serious tax and duty evasion. Full details of Revenue’s suite of compliance interventions are set out in Chapter 2 Code of Practice for Revenue Audit and other Compliance Interventions.
The following table shows the number and type of compliance interventions conducted and closed by Revenue in the Aircraft Leasing Sector in each of the years 2016 to 2019 and to date in 2020:
| Year Closed | Aspect Query | Profile Interview | Audit | Grand Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 301 | 1 | 3 | 305 |
| 2017 | 309 | 2 | 4 | 315 |
| 2018 | 387 | 3 | 10 | 400 |
| 2019 | 304 | 3 | 3 | 310 |
| 2020* | 115 | 1 | 3 | 119 |
| Grand Total | 1416 | 10 | 23 | 1449 |
*as at 27.07.2020
The following table shows the number and type of Interventions currently ongoing by Revenue on the Aircraft Leasing Sector at 27 July 2020:
| Aspect Query | Profile Interview | Audit | Grand Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| As at 27 July 2020 | 160 | 2 | 10 | 172 |
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