C&AG report: Revenue yet to collect €730m in unpaid taxes

The Revenue Commissioners is yet to act on recouping hundreds of millions of euro of unpaid taxes which has been classified as available for collection.

As of the end of March, efforts by Revenue to claw back more than €730m in unpaid taxes were yet to start despite no obstacle to preventing officials from doing so.

A review by the Comptroller and Auditor General has uncovered the massive lump sum the State could benefit from, which accounts for more than one third of all tax owed to the State.