Grant Thornton

Lobbying Organisation Grant Thornton

Date published 20 Jan, 2022

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Taxation

Period 1 Sep, 2021 to 31 Dec, 2021

Specific Details Letter by Peter Vale (Partner, Grant Thornton) as Chair of CCAB-I Tax Committee to Assistant Secretary of Revenue Commissioners (Revenue representative to Main Tax Administration Liaison Committee - TALC) to make representations on the workings and deadlines for the Revenue MyEnquiries email query system (i.e. re: email queries directed to the Revenue). Activity not directly on behalf of Grant Thornton or client(s) of Grant Thornton.

Intended results Requested reduction of MyEnquiries email queries response time from 20 -25 to 10 working days, request that alerts and reviews are built into the MyEnquiries system to highlight delays and protracted email exchanges to ensure that senior Revenue personnel are made aware of delays and can act upon such delays, and for related issues to be discussed in Main TALC meeting on 7/12/2021.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Peter Vale (Partner, Grant Thornton)

Did any Designated Public Official(DPO) or former Designated Public Official(DPO) carry out lobbying activities on your behalf in relation to this return? You must include yourself, and answer Yes, if you are a current DPO or a DPO at any time in the past. (What is a Designated Public Official?) No

Did you manage or direct a grassroots campaign? No

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Letter (1)

1/12/2021 Letter (sent by email) by Peter Vale (Partner, Grant Thornton) as Chair of CCAB-I Tax Committee to Assistant Secretary of Revenue Commissioners (Revenue representative to Main Tax Administration Liaison Committee - TALC) to make representations on the workings and deadlines for the Revenue MyEnquiries email query system (i.e. re: email queries directed to the Revenue). In context of preceding discussions on functioning of the Revenues's public phone lines letter requested a reduction of MyEnquiries email queries response time from 20 -25 to 10 working days, and requested that alerts and reviews are built into the MyEnquiries system to highlight delays and protracted email exchanges to ensure that senior Revenue personnel are made aware of delays and can act upon such delays, and requested these issues to be discussed in next Main TALC meeting on 7/12/2021. Activity not directly on behalf of Grant Thornton or client(s) of Grant Thornton.

Designated public officials lobbied

The following DPOs were lobbied during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area. These DPOs were involved in at least one of the Lobbying Activities listed above, but not necessarily all of them. As returns are specific to a Subject Matter Area the above Lobbying Activities may be associated with multiple returns.

Brian Boyle Assistant Secretaries or Equivalent Grades (The Office of the Revenue Commissioners)