64. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if it was obligatory in 2002 for a purchaser of a house to pay stamp duty on the contract if all of the purchase money had been paid to the vendor and there was no purchase deed and the purchaser was in occupation; if this was the law at the time; if the Revenue Commissioners pursued those builders for the stamp duty where they had breached this law; if the Revenue Commissioners were unaware of the practice at the time, when was it brought to their attention subsequently; the cause of the delay of the activation of prepared legislation in this area; and the amount of money lost to the State on development land as a result. [38489/14]

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64. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if it was obligatory in 2002 for a purchaser of a house to pay stamp duty on the contract if all of the purchase money had been paid to the vendor and there was no purchase deed and the purchaser was in occupation; if this was the law at the time; if the Revenue Commissioners pursued those builders for the stamp duty where they had breached this law; if the Revenue Commissioners were unaware of the practice at the time, when was it brought to their attention subsequently; the cause of the delay of the activation of prepared legislation in this area; and the amount of money lost to the State on development land as a result. [38489/14]

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1. 8 October 2014

   Tax Compliance

   64. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if it was obligatory in 2002 for a purchaser of a house to pay stamp duty on the contract if all of the purchase money had been paid to the vendor and there was no purchase deed and the purchaser was in occupation; if this was the law at the time; if the Revenue Commissioners pursued those builders for the stamp duty where they had breached this law; if the Revenue Commissioners were unaware of the practice at the time, when was it brought to their attention subsequently; the cause of the delay of the activation of prepared legislation in this area; and the amount of money lost to the State on development land as a result. [38489/14]

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