Revenue audit finds nearly €1.7m in wage overpayments to its staff
The audit report shows that the salary overpayment balance in December 2023 was €1,679,140, representing approximately 0.45% of the total wage bill for Revenue staff of €374.m that year. File picture: Chani Anderson
The value of salary overpayments to Revenue staff reached almost €1.7m at the end of 2023, with more than one in seven of its workforce getting paid above their proper salaries, according to the findings of an internal audit by the tax authorities.
The audit report revealed that 61 Revenue employees had received overpayments in excess of €5,000, while a further 424 staff members had been overpaid sums of between €1,000 and €5,000 during 2023.
