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This report outlines the key functions of the National Treasury Management Agency and its performance in managing these functions during 2021. The report is prepared in accordance with section 12 of the NTMA Act 1990 (as amended).

This report outlines the annual funding process, analyses budget and outturn amounts and summarises expenditure for all votes along with highlighting some key trends. It includes detail of an exceptional charge incurred by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in 2021.

This report reviews the movement in the share of lottery sales proceeds transferred to the Exchequer; whether the proceeds are being transferred to the Central Fund in a timely manner and how unclaimed prize money is used.

Unallocated tax deposits (UTD), recorded in the revenue account as a year-end liability, include receipts which cannot at the year-end be allocated to either a taxhead or taxpayer record. The audit of the 2021 revenue account found that the taxhead receipts for 2021 were understated by an estimated €32.5 million as audit tax settlements made by taxpayers were incorrectly included in the year-end UTD balance rather than being allocated to the relevant taxhead(s). The UTD year-end liability balance was overstated by the same amount.

This chapter reviews Revenue's decision in March 2020 to suspend the six monthly periodic reviews of the tax clearance status of businesses.

The Mini One Stop Shop (MOSS) was introduced in 2015 for the payment of VAT on telecommunications, broadcasting and electronic services. It was a voluntary scheme which traders could register for to avoid the requirement to register for VAT in each relevant member state. In 2021, Revenue collected €3 billion on behalf of other member states via the VAT MOSS scheme. Up to 2019, member states were permitted to retain a portion of the tax collected under the union scheme on behalf of other member states. Revenue retained just over €812 million in this regard.

The Exchequer control process is designed to ensure that funds issued by the Central Bank from the Central Fund are in accordance with the law. This report, prepared in accordance with the provisions of Section 2 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Act 1993, details an occurrence whereby there was a failure in this respect on 28 October 2022 when the Central Bank issued to the Minister €738 million more than the amount of credit that was available to him at the time.

This chapter examines cases identified during the audit of appropriation accounts for 2021 where substantial reallocation between subheads of voted funding occurred. In this regard the procedures set out in Public Financial Procedures did not appear to have been complied with.

This report summarises transactions in 2020 on the Exchequer Central Fund, highlighting key trends; key assets and liabilities of the State and the national debt; and future commitments in relation to public private partnerships and other liabilities in place at the end of 2020.

This examination focuses on the governance structures adopted between Revenue and the Department of Social Protection, the process in place to verify the eligibility of claims under the Scheme and the subsequent recovery of subsidies in excess of entitlement.