Plenty of positives yield hope for year ahead

THE furore over the letters sent by the Revenue Commissioners to pensioners has dominated media coverage over the past week and has elicited a very negative reaction from many quarters.

While none of us like to receive a letter from that particular institution and very few of us like to pay tax, the Revenue Commissioners have a statutory obligation to collect taxes.

Those pensioners who earn an income above a certain amount should realise that this implies a tax liability, just as those in the workforce who earn a certain amount also realise that there is a tax liability.