All Ireland tax audit: who gets targeted?

Even compliant taxpayers fear the prospect of a tax audit – and the latest Revenue figures show some very interesting trends

The prospect of a tax audit is enough to strike fear into the heart of the most compliant taxpayer. But a new analysis by this newspaper has found that households and businesses in some counties are more likely than others to have a Revenue tax inspector calling to their door.

It is based on the latest figures supplied by Revenue about the number of tax audits in each Revenue district. On the face ...