Proposed changes to how consumers and businesses can challenge a Revenue tax assessment will have a chilling effect on such appeals, the Irish Tax Institute says. Photograph: Laura Hutton/RollingNews.ieChanges to how consumers and businesses can challenge a Revenue tax assessment will have a chilling effect on such appeals, the Irish Tax Institute says. It would punish a taxpayer in the court of public opinion for daring to contest a tax assessment, Anne Gunnell, director of tax policy and representations at the tax industry group, told an Oireachtas committee on Wednesday. The tax industry group says that judgment held only that an absolute ban on public hearings was unconstitutional – not that all meetings had to be held in public. The EU-wide comparison shows that although most countries default to public hearings, almost all anonymise published findings of those hearings.

Source: The Irish Times March 26, 2026 16:24 UTC