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The Revenue On-Line Service (ROS) is the Internet-based system provided by the Revenue Commissioners that allows you to file a series of tax returns using the Internet and to view details of your Revenue account information for each of your registered taxes.

The Government is taking a leading role in encouraging electronic business and the development of the infrastructure for Internet trading. As part of this initiative Revenue are developing Internet services that are of direct benefit to the majority of taxpayers. They have identified return filing as such a service and have set themselves the target of having 50% of tax returns filed over the Internet by the year 2005.

ROS is being developed as part of Revenue's overall Customer Service strategy. In addition to the current filing and payment options available to customers we are now extending these options to include Internet filing. The purpose of the exercise is to make it as easy as possible for our customers to comply with their return filing and payment obligations.

Revenue provides the Revenue On-Line Service (ROS) to allow you to:

• View your current Income Tax, Corporation Tax, Employer Tax and Vat position
• File and pay your Form 11 Income Tax return (Self Employed Individual)
• File and pay your CT1 Corporation Tax return
• File and pay your P30, P35 and VAT3 tax return forms
• File P45 forms
• File VRT40, Vehicle Birth Cert and Vehicle Registration forms (motor traders)
• Set-up a ROS Debit Instruction
• Make Payments by Laser

The Benefits of ROS
The following are some of the benefits which will arise from filing tax returns on ROS:·

• Faster processing - Returns are processed on a nightly basis.
• Improved accuracy - Before a return is accepted for processing, ROS will perform a series of computer checks and balances on the return. This process of validation will ensure a greater degree of accuracy than can be guaranteed when paper returns are used.
• Acknowledgments - After the return is validated and the form is transmitted to ROS an acknowledgement will be sent electronically to your ROS inbox advising you that your return has been received.
• Paperless - With very few exceptions, ROS is an environmentally friendly, paperless system.
• Ease of payment - Individuals can file early, and pay the amount owing only when the due date for payment has arrived.
• The access to Revenue account information provides customers and their agents with access to Revenue information 7 days a week outside business hours and reduces considerably the number of contacts with the tax office.

Further information is available from www.revenue.ie