Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 10 March 2015
206. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the circumstances in which a significant number of old age pensioners were recently overcharged tax as a result of an error in the processing of tax credits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10149/15]
Amharc ar fhreagraI am advised by the Revenue Commissioners following a recent upload by them of pension information to their records, some anomalies in the complex technical and business rules that underpin the interface of that data into their system caused incorrect Tax Credit Certificates (TCCs) to issue to a small number of DSP pension recipients. Consequently these pension recipients may have been overtaxed on their occupational pensions or salary.
I am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that a little over 2,000 pension recipients may have been overtaxed in error. The Commissioners have now issued corrected TCCs to the relevant pension providers and employers and the situation will be rectified in the next salary or occupational pension payment received by the taxpayers in question. The Commissioners regret any inconvenience or upset caused to individual taxpayers.
