Michael Healy-Rae
Question:187. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance his views on retaining the pay and file deadline of 31 October 2014 for self-assessed income tax return to help the farming sector. [35916/14]
View answerTuesday, 23 September 2014
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The Deputy may recall that, following a consultation process in relation to changes proposed to the Pay & File dates, I decided not to introduce any changes to that regime for 2014.
The option of bringing the annual Pay & File dates forward remains, in order to provide increased certainty around the annual tax take and forecasting process following the move to an earlier Budget Day.
However, given the success of the forecasting process in relation to Budget 2014 and given the concerns expressed by many stakeholders at the potential disruption that could be caused by such a change, I am considering whether it may be feasible to leave the dates unchanged for 2015 also.
Question No. 188 answered with Question No. 186.