I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that the table included with this reply represents the number of repayments made to PAYE taxpayers for 2007 to 2011. These repayments represent those cases for which a review of taxpayers' details resulted in a PAYE refund following claims from the taxpayer for credits or reliefs to which they are entitled. I am further informed that the total amount refunded is exclusive of mortgage and medical insurance relief, which are granted at source. The relevant figures for 2012 to date are not yet available. The total amount of PAYE paid to the Exchequer in 2011 was almost €8.5 billion.
Year
|
No. of Reviews
|
Repayments (millions)
|
2007
|
1,182,679
|
622
|
2008
|
1,289,598
|
719
|
2009
|
1,415,133
|
795
|
2010
|
1,219,860
|
583
|
2011
|
Not yet available
|
558
|
Regarding rejected refunds, I am further informed by Revenue that since the launch of its real-time risk framework system in July 2011, some 43,200 refund claims, to the value of approximately €43.5million, have been examined and of these, approximately 4,500 claims with a value of almost €5 million have been disapproved to date.