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  • 30-10-2010 4:29pm
    #1
    bishops palace
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 45 ✭


    does a tax adviser lose his TAIN number if his own affairs are not up to date?


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  • #2
    nompere
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,678 ✭✭✭nompere


    bishops palace wrote: »
    does a tax adviser lose his TAIN number if his own affairs are not up to date?

    No, of course not. A TAIN is designed to make Revenue's life easier.

    Mind you the tax adviser can expect a larger proportion of his clients to be audited than other advisers.


  • #3
    barneystinson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,685 ✭✭✭barneystinson


    nompere wrote: »
    Mind you the tax adviser can expect a larger proportion of his clients to be audited than other advisers.

    Really? How so?


  • #4
    kennyb3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,724 ✭✭✭kennyb3


    TBH any tax advisor planning to continue in practice is going to have their tax affairs up to date, if they cant do their own how can they do others?


  • #5
    nompere
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,678 ✭✭✭nompere


    barneystinson wrote: »
    Really? How so?

    The Revenue audit programme is largely risk-based. A tax adviser who can't keep his own affairs up to date is likely to be perceived as a greater risk than the guy who does file on time.

    So one downside of the TAIN system is that Revenue can more easily track the clients of a particular adviser.


  • #6
    barneystinson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,685 ✭✭✭barneystinson


    nompere wrote: »
    The Revenue audit programme is largely risk-based.

    I know, I was being a bit facetious there, but seriously there's presently no REAP rule that fires based on TAIN. So in isolation, who your agent is doesn't make a taxpayer any more likely to be selected for audit, YET.

    Of course, if 2 identical cases are being screened for audit, and the screener knows one of the agents to be irreputable, then all other things being equal, it is common sense to audit the one with the "dodgy" agent.


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  • #7
    MBateson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 169 ✭✭MBateson


    Are the REAP rules available for people to know what they are?


  • #8
    maddogcollins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 998 ✭✭✭maddogcollins


    MBateson wrote: »
    Are the REAP rules available for people to know what they are?

    There are no published rules that I am aware of but http://bit.ly/cekdzz may give you an understanding of how the systems works and scores people.


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