Committee of Public Accounts to examine 2019 Financial Statements of Tax Appeals Commission

The meeting at 9.30am will be broadcast from Committee Room 3 of Leinster House and will also examine Chapter 14 of the Comptroller and Auditor General’s 2019 report, which concerns the management of tax appeals.

The meeting will hear from the C&AG, Seamus McCarthy, followed by representatives of the Tax Appeals Commission led by the Chairperson, Marie-Claire Maney.   

Committee Cathaoirleach Deputy Brian Stanley said: “The Tax Appeals Commission was established in 2016 to manage and make determinations on appeals from taxpayers who are dissatisfied with a tax assessment or decision made by Revenue. At the end of 2019, there were 3,357 open appeals that had a value of €3.8billion. The average time that the cases had been under appeal at that date was two years, while almost a quarter of cases had been in the appeal system three years or more. The Committee looks forward to discussing this caseload, the procurement of a new case management system, and the impact of Covid-19 on the work of the Commission.”

The meeting in Committee Room 3 can be viewed live on Oireachtas.ie.

PAC is a standing committee of Dáil Éireann which focuses on ensuring public services are run efficiently and achieve value for money.

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