Lack of controls at Revenue’s prosecution office – “A horror story”

Major teething problems in the Revenue’s fraud prosecution office resulted in the dismissal of a top officer, for employing his wife, and other serious accounting irregularities including overcharging by tax counsel.

The horrors were originally uncovered when the National Audit Office examined the new department’s first accounts. The cross party Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has now published its report into the disasters at the Revenue and Customs Prosecution Office.