Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 20 February 2008
179 Deputy James Bannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) has not received their tax rebate under Section 482 despite submitting the necessary form in October 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7163/08]
View answerI am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that they endeavoured to process by 31 January 2008 all 2006 tax returns submitted on time, that is, those received by 31 October 2007, and to have tax returns submitted after that date processed as soon as possible thereafter. I am sure the Deputy will appreciate that a very high volume of returns are received by Revenue at that time of year. The position is that the return for the person in question, which was dated 1 November 2007, was processed on 14 February 2008. I am advised that the claim under Section 482 (in addition to other credits claimed) has resulted in a refund of tax being due and that a repayment cheque will issue to this person within the next few days.
180 Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of times which the Revenue Commissioners have requested information from the Private Residential Tenancies Board for the purpose of investigating tax-compliance in respect of rental income from individual tax-payers. [7191/08]
View answerI am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that Section 148 of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 provides for the furnishing of PPSNs of individuals, and registered numbers of companies by Revenue to the Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB) in order to enable the provision of tenancy details from the Tenancies Board to Revenue. I am further advised that no central register is kept in Revenue of requests to the PRTB. Information is sought and provided on request on a case-by-case basis and no delays or difficulties have been encountered.
