Do revenue check facebook accounts?

Stheno · 02-11-2013 12:29AM

Media999 wrote: »

As a software developer that made me laugh.

The social welfare offices still do most work in pen and paper.

When someone can step off a plane, walk into a post office and collect dole in 5 different names you know we dont have the best systems in Europe.

That's social welfare, not the revenue, there is a fair difference between the two in my experience and knowing a few people who work in revenue.

stevenmu · 02-11-2013 12:30AM

I use a loophole to avoid paying any tax. I used facebook.nl to set up my account, but set my country of residence as Ireland. Now I can make billions of farmville points and those revenue ba*tards can't touch a single one.

Rho b · 02-11-2013 12:32AM

hfallada wrote: »

Irish revenue are actually incrediable good with finding tax evasion with IT. I read they monitor foreign credit use particular cards from tax havens, to identify Irish people with off shore bank accounts using cards to access funds. So why wouldnt they monitor facebook? I imagine they have a computer to monitor businesses and profile potential tax evasion.

http://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/public-finances/revenue-inquiry-on-irish-clients-of-hsbc-with-swiss-accounts-1.1476494

Irish Revenue are extremely sharp. If they identify a tax loophole its generally closed within the year.

Don't think so and recent history has proven so...

Bleating Lamb · 02-11-2013 12:32AM

Sure Revenue are on Boards too as are most of the other Govt depts......so if they weren't checking FB ya can be sure they will be Mon morning;)

michael999999 · 02-11-2013 12:34AM

Whatever about revenue checking facebook, the guards are never off myhome.ie!

General General · 02-11-2013 12:36AM

dxhound2005 wrote: »

What do you mean get shafted? They can only get taxed on whatever they earn, same as me. I get shafted every week on the PAYE system.

My point was that some will have presented the business as much more successful than it is, & not having declared squat, then are left to prove that they are not as successful as they have made themselves out to be... if it's a cash business, especially.

dxhound2005 · 02-11-2013 12:37AM

They read the death notices in the papers too and listen to them on local radio. So don't think you can escape that way.

02-11-2013 12:37AM

michael999999 wrote: »

Whatever about revenue checking facebook, the guards are never off Usedtobemyhome.ie!

fyp

Fred Swanson · 02-11-2013 12:38AM

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pennypitstop · 02-11-2013 12:43AM

Ha! found this from one of the links above.

http://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/public-finances/tax-authorities-using-social-networking-to-help-identify-potential-tax-defaulters-1.1476605

Wonder how many shares this would get on facebook

kerry4sam · 02-11-2013 12:45AM

michael999999 wrote: »

Whatever about revenue checking facebook, the guards are never off usedtobemyhome.ie!

Deleted User wrote: »

fyp

As for the Guards, well they really should NOT have borrowed above their means, no sympathy for them if they cannot make the agreed re-payments now regardless of the sob-stories in the media by the GRA!

dxhound2005 · 02-11-2013 12:46AM

General General wrote: »

My point was that some will have presented the business as much more successful than it is, & not having declared squat, then are left to prove that they are not as successful as they have made themselves out to be... if it's a cash business, especially.

If they have failed to make a declaration ever I think they would have more problems to sort out with Revenue than pretend testimonials on the internet. Especially if it's a cash business. That brings them into the area of tax default and lots of people have had to pay big penalties when they were caught. The big fish are always on Part 2 of these quarterly lists.

http://www.revenue.ie/en/press/defaulters/

Stheno · 02-11-2013 12:46AM

pennypitstop wrote: »

Ha! found this from one of the links above.

http://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/public-finances/tax-authorities-using-social-networking-to-help-identify-potential-tax-defaulters-1.1476605

Wonder how many shares this would get on facebook

Seems they have the capability so. Not surprised, I heard about this over 18 months ago.

ImDave · 02-11-2013 12:54AM

This isn't proactive monitoring to discover fraud but I know of a revenue case which heavily relied on the LinkedIn profile of a suspect. All his boasting of various businesses on the website and not one of them registered with Revenue or the CRO didn't work out well in the end.

General General · 02-11-2013 01:00AM

dxhound2005 wrote: »

If they have failed to make a declaration ever I think they would have more problems to sort out with Revenue than pretend testimonials on the internet. Especially if it's a cash business. That brings them into the area of tax default and lots of people have had to pay big penalties when they were caught. The big fish are always on Part 2 of these quarterly lists.

http://www.revenue.ie/en/press/defaulters/

Jesus... I'm talking about Tom/Tammy who have made maybe not even a few hundred with a part time endeavour over a year, but acting as if they're making thousands or tens of for the past two or three or more.

AlanS181824 · 02-11-2013 03:36AM

Just thinking of all the people listing their occupation as "Pimpin N Hustlin' Bitches" oh god... Haha

Fred Swanson · 02-11-2013 03:37AM

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B.A._Baracus · 02-11-2013 03:40AM

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo wrote: »

If they don't, they certainly should.

...:rolleyes:

I feckin hate this attitude. Like if we are talking about someone on the dole while running a 'phantom' business? ... i'd get you...
But someone doing a nixer? Someone earning a few extra bob selling things every month? FFS!!!!

Fred Swanson · 02-11-2013 03:43AM

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LETHAL LADY · 02-11-2013 03:45AM

Hands up!!!... I work for revenue and our latest assignment was checking bookface profiles, we also check adverts and donedeal for tax fraud. That moth holed, musty auld jacket that you'd never worn is going to bring you down mutha fooker, kerching.

canadianwoman · 02-11-2013 05:59AM

LETHAL LADY wrote: »

Hands up!!!... I work for revenue and our latest assignment was checking bookface profiles, we also check adverts and donedeal for tax fraud. That moth holed, musty auld jacket that you'd never worn, is going to bring you down mutha fooker, kerching.

No looking under mattresses, dresser drawers, in old tea pots, under the rocks in the gardens and in the pages of old books?

Slacker!

loveBBhate · 02-11-2013 06:04AM

LETHAL LADY wrote: »

Hands up!!!... I work for revenue and our latest assignment was checking bookface profiles, we also check adverts and donedeal for tax fraud. That moth holed, musty auld jacket that you'd never worn, is going to bring you down mutha fooker, kerching.

I'll break your jaw if you come near me!

Arah no I'm only messing I don't even have taxes and revenues and that stuff

Electric Sheep · 02-11-2013 06:04AM

General General wrote: »

Jesus... I'm talking about Tom/Tammy who have made maybe not even a few hundred with a part time endeavour over a year, but acting as if they're making thousands or tens of for the past two or three or more.

Maybe Tom should stop bullish!tting on Facebook so.

markpb · 02-11-2013 08:44AM

Media999 wrote: »

As a software developer that made me laugh.

The social welfare offices still do most work in pen and paper.

When someone can step off a plane, walk into a post office and collect dole in 5 different names you know we dont have the best systems in Europe.

Revenue collect tax. DSP give it away. They're not the same organisation at all, check your facts.

Flippyfloppy · 02-11-2013 09:16AM

Surely Etsy or EBay would be better places to look?

stoneill · 02-11-2013 09:20AM

They can't even manage to get my tax right despite all their IT systems designed to do that, so I doubt that they are compiling a facebook/PPSN database.

wingnut · 02-11-2013 09:54AM

Sh1tbag OToole wrote: »

Tis scary sh1t this big brother society we live in. At the start it will be catching out the scammers everyone hates, but if it proves to be a success they will be using it to catch out a lad who converts his attic to a bedroom and doesn't tell the revenue he now needs to pay more property tax because the value of his house has gone up

Very big brother to have the government looking at stuff you decide to make public on the internet!

TwoShedsJackson · 02-11-2013 10:32AM

Sure why wouldn't they, the amount of information people put up on Facebook in an attempt to validate their existence or have someone notice them is unreal.

Morph the Cat · 02-11-2013 11:22AM

goose2005 wrote: »

They might if they got a tipoff, but Facebook posts aren't really great evidence.

You know this from years of seeing it disputed & refuted in court, yes? Or did you just make that up?

I can't see how someone using their real name, with a photo of themselves, having a business page with their e-mail and/or contact number, and posting from their home IP address, could not be evidence that it's them.

westies4ever · 02-11-2013 11:25AM

i work in collections and i regularly check facebook. anyone daft enough not to have their profile set to private deserves all they get.

its great fun when they're siting in front of me, telling me they couldnt pay because they had to finance their sisters eye operation and i ask them if they had a good time in santa ponsa!

Do revenue check facebook accounts?

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