Finance Committee to focus on proposed changes to the Pay and File Tax

Committee Chairman Ciarán Lynch said: “With Budgets now taking place in October rather than December, the Department of Finance has proposed moving the Pay and File deadline to an earlier date – either the end of June or mid-September – from next year onwards. A number of organisations, including the Irish Tax Institute, have expressed concerns over the proposed changes. In particular, the Irish Tax Institute has said that the quality of tax returns filed would be affected and there would be a significant cash-flow impact for business from the changes. Tomorrow, the Institute’s chief executive Mark Redmond will have a chance to outline in detail its concerns to the Committee and Committee members will have an opportunity to consider the proposed changes and raise any issues they may have.”

This meeting will start at 3pm on Wednesday, 20th November in Committee Room 4, Leinster House 2000.

Committee proceedings can be followed live here.

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Committee Membership

Deputies

Richard Boyd-Barrett, People Before Profit
Michael Creed, Fine Gael
Pearse Doherty, Sinn Fein
Regina Doherty, Fine Gael
Stephen Donnelly, Independent
Timmy Dooley, Fianna Fáil
Alan Farrell, Fine Gael
Sean Fleming, Fianna Fáil
Simon Harris, Fine Gael
Joe Higgins, Socialist Party
Heather Humphreys, Fine Gael
Kevin Humphreys, Labour Party
Mary Lou McDonald, Sinn Fein
Ciarán Lynch, Labour Party (Chairman)
Michael McGrath, Fianna Fáil
Dara Murphy, Fine Gael
Kieran O’Donnell, Fine Gael
Aodhán O Ríordáin, Labour
Arthur Spring, Labour Party
Brian Stanley, Sinn Féin
Liam Twomey, Fine Gael

Senators

Sean D Barrett
Thomas Byrne
Paul Coghlan
Michael D’Arcy
Aideen Hayden
Tom Sheahan