Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 15 December 2021
142. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of weeks of pension payments that are notified to the Revenue Commissioners as the basis for calculating tax liability in 2020. [62280/21]
View answerMy Department reports details of most taxable payments to Revenue on an on-going basis. This includes State Pension (Contributory) and State Pension (Non-contributory) payments. A full list of taxable social welfare payments, along with those that are reported by my Department to Revenue are available on the Revenue web site.
My Department reports on each individual taxable payment made via a secure interface to Revenue. In 2020, a total of 53 payment weeks were reported in this manner. It should also be noted that where a customer receives an arrears payment in respect of the 2020 year at a later date that this payment will be subsequently reported to Revenue.
For further details on taxation policy in relation to specific pension payments, I refer the Deputy to my colleague, the Minister for Finance.
I trust that this clarifies the matter for the Deputy
