Facing a Revenue audit, enquiry, or compliance check? Professional representation from start to finish. Voluntary disclosures, audit defence, and settlement negotiation.
If Revenue contacts you - whether it is a formal audit notification, a compliance check letter, or a query about a specific return - the most important thing you can do is get professional representation immediately. A poorly handled response can turn a routine query into a formal investigation.
Paddy Malone has been representing businesses through Revenue audits and compliance interventions for over 35 years. He knows how Revenue thinks, what they are looking for, and how to achieve the best possible outcome for clients who find themselves in their crosshairs.
Talk to Paddy about revenue audit support -- free initial consultation.
We manage the process entirely. We review your records, prepare all documentation, handle all written correspondence with Revenue, attend any meetings on your behalf, and negotiate the final settlement. You do not deal with Revenue directly - we do.
Revenue audit representation is the core of this service. If Revenue selects your business for a full audit, we take charge from day one. We review your books and records before Revenue sees them, identify any issues, quantify the exposure, and advise on whether a prompted voluntary disclosure should be made within the 14-day window.
If you have undeclared income, an underreported liability, or an error in a prior year return and you want to regularise your position before Revenue contacts you, a voluntary disclosure is almost always the right route. It results in significantly lower penalties than a Revenue-initiated audit. We manage the entire voluntary disclosure process - calculating the correct liability, preparing the disclosure, and negotiating with Revenue.
Revenue regularly issues targeted compliance check letters asking for an explanation or documentation relating to a specific aspect of your return. These are not full audits, but they require a careful, accurate, and prompt response. Responding incorrectly or incompletely can escalate a routine query into a formal investigation. We draft all responses and ensure you do not inadvertently make your position worse.
Some of the most demanding Revenue compliance situations arise where Irish and UK tax obligations intersect - companies operating on both sides of the border, directors with dual-jurisdiction income, cross-border employees. Paddy is one of the most experienced cross-border advisors in the north-east and is specifically equipped to handle these complex cases.
Paddy has looked after our accounts for over fifteen years. He is always available when we need him and nothing is ever too much trouble. He genuinely cares about our business doing well.
Michael
Dundalk · Accounting
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Common questions about revenue audit support in Dundalk
A Revenue audit is a formal, structured examination of your tax affairs for a specific period, notified in writing. A Revenue enquiry or compliance check is usually more targeted - Revenue has a specific question about a specific aspect of a return and wants your explanation. Both require careful handling, but an audit is more comprehensive and the stakes are generally higher.
You can, but it is rarely advisable. Revenue correspondence is deliberately careful in its phrasing, and responding incorrectly - even unintentionally - can escalate a situation unnecessarily. Professional representation pays for itself in most cases through reduced penalties and a more efficient process.
A voluntary disclosure is a proactive approach to Revenue where you declare a liability that Revenue has not yet identified. It results in reduced penalties - typically nil or a minimum rate for genuinely unprompted disclosures - compared to the penalty rates that apply when Revenue identifies the issue first. If you know you have an undeclared liability, the sooner you make a voluntary disclosure, the better the outcome.
In normal cases, Revenue can investigate up to four years prior to the filing date of the relevant return. Where fraud or negligence is involved, the period extends to ten years. For serious fraud, there is no time limit.
Revenue expects you to maintain records for six years. For a business this means: books of account, bank statements, all purchase invoices and receipts, sales invoices, payroll records, VAT records, and any supporting documentation for transactions. If your records are incomplete, that creates its own set of problems in an audit - and is something we can help you address before Revenue arrives.
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