Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 4 March 2015
64. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Finance his plans to investigate the serious tax evasion by a number of citizens who held accounts in the Swiss HSBC thereby evading their tax responsibilities; the number of prosecutions that have been made for tax evasion yearly since 2009. [9537/15]
Amharc ar fhreagraDetails of the investigation undertaken by the Revenue Commissioners in relation to accounts held with HSBC Bank, Geneva were given in my reply to the Deputy's Questions Nos. 79 to 81, inclusive, of 25 February 2015. This investigation has led to three prosecutions and convictions for tax-related offences, and a further case remains under investigation.
The numbers of convictions for offences related to matters falling within the remit of the Revenue Commissioners, in each year since 2009, are set out in the following table.
|
Nature of Offence |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
|
Serious Tax/Duty Evasion |
15 |
13 |
30 |
50 |
35 |
27 |
|
Other tax cases |
9 |
4 |
16 |
29 |
5 |
12 |
|
Cigarette Smuggling |
140 |
97 |
95 |
50 |
46 |
53 |
|
Cigarette Selling |
19 |
40 |
53 |
60 |
41 |
49 |
|
Alcohol Smuggling |
11 |
26 |
7 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
|
Counterfeit Spirits |
8 |
6 |
2 |
7 |
5 |
7 |
|
Commercial Oil |
6 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
|
Marked Mineral Oil |
246 |
233 |
224 |
211 |
228 |
283 |
|
Vehicle Registration Tax |
18 |
18 |
20 |
21 |
8 |
13 |
|
Excise Licences |
87 |
83 |
94 |
155 |
112 |
81 |
|
Obstruction |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Other Smuggling |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Non-filing of Returns |
1,087 |
1,223 |
1,224 |
1,049 |
811 |
696 |
|
Total |
1,646 |
1,749 |
1,767 |
1,637 |
1,295 |
1,227 |
