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AT last count there was €2,000 million of outstanding taxes owed to the Revenue, although only €1,400m of that is deemed collectable.

The rest is due largely by failed businesses that will never be able to pay. It’s a lot of money but still relatively small in the overall scheme of things.

That collectable debt represented about 3% of gross tax receipts last year and, given the depth of the economic downturn, the level of tax compliance is surprisingly good.