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Ireland: Revenue Commissioners Annual Report 2024—record receipts, sectoral compliance focus, judgments on avoidance and employment status, MAP/APAs, customs surge, warehoused debt, and 2025 priorities

Published on: 30 May 2025

Published by a LexisNexis Ireland - Banking & Financial Services expert
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Key statistics for 2024

  • Net tax receipts for 2024 came to €107.1bn, a rise of 22.8% (€19.9bn) on 2023. The uplift was mainly propelled by corporation tax (+€15.3bn), income tax (+€2.2bn) and VAT (+€1.7bn).
  • Together, income tax, corporation tax and VAT made up 89% of Revenue’s total net receipts in 2024.
  • Audit and compliance interventions yielded €591m in 2024, down from €787m recorded in 2023.
  • Tax settlements of €28.1m were finalised with 86 taxpayers.
  • In 2024, Revenue concentrated its compliance work on key risk areas:
    • construction, retail, wholesale, social media, digital services, fast food and hospitality
    • tax evasion in the rental sector
    • the categorisation of workers for tax purposes
  • Transfer Pricing MAP disputes ticked up, with 31 cases initiated in 2024 versus 29 in 2023. Non-transfer pricing MAP cases fell sharply, with 33 started in 2024 compared with 53 in 2023.
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