The Revenue has a long standing issue with contractors. For the moment the issue of whether conractors are in fact employees of Ryanair is not being looked at but is is something that the tax office is aware of.
The issue at the moment is that Brookfield have done nothing to ensure the tax compliance of their contractors. Revnue are concerned that there are a large number of pilots that are not paying any income tax on their earnings from Ryanair.
The main concern that the revenue have at the moment is that they have no idea if the pilots are tax compliant or not. All that Revenue are looking for is that brookfield and to a greater extent the pilots clean themselves up.
How many contractors send invoices to brookfield every month? NONE. I have made tax returns for a few contractor pilots and have also claimed refunds for a few of the overseas guys. The lack of invoices or receipts on both sides is an issue. Brookfield are paying hundreds of contractors every month, each of whom is self employed and they don't get an invoice from any of them.
Last edited by Gobnet; 5th May 2009 at 13:18.