Pat Upton
Question:78 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for Finance the number of applications received by the Revenue Commissioners for tax amnesty at the end of the original deadline from each county or administrative area in the country.
Written Answers. - Tax Amnesty.
Special confidentiality arrangements apply to the 15 per cent incentive amnesty which is administered by the Office of the Chief Special Collector. Consistent with the guarantees of confidentiality the legislation provides that I may obtain only certain information and this only in the form of aggregates of the total amount of the declared amounts, the total amount of settlement amounts, the total amount of value-added tax remitted to the Chief Special Collector and the total numbers of individuals who remitted amounts to the Chief Special Collector. The legislation does not permit the provision of this information on a separate county or administrative area basis.
The Deputy will be aware that I recently announced an extension, from 30 November, 1993 to 21 December, 1993, of the cut-off date for the making of declarations to the Chief Special Collector. In the case of both the 15 per cent incentive amnesty and the separate general amnesty in respect of interest and penalties actual payments do not have to be made until 14 January, 1994. I will be seeking the information on declarations provided for by the legislation after the new cut-off date of 21 December, 1993 and the other information mentioned at the appropriate juncture.