GAA director general Tom Ryan has warned that existing practices around the payment of expenses to inter-county management teams would have to change amid recent investigations by the Revenue Commission.<\/p>\n
In the GAA’s annual financial report, Ryan confirmed that revenue commissioners were examining the revenue self-assessments made by 23 county committees, saying that it was expected that a small number of on-site reviews by Revenue may be required to determine their accuracy.<\/p>\n
“The reviews to date have highlighted a clear pattern of payments made in all counties which may pose a tax risk under the current tax code. These include the provision of team holidays,” Ryan wrote in the report.<\/p>\n
An exposure of \u20ac2.3 million had been declared for the years 2021 to 2024, with a further provision estimate has been made in each county’s accounts for 2025.<\/p>\n
Ryan wrote: “The position of the Revenue Commissioners is very clear: Any expense payment made to a person acting in a voluntary capacity in carrying out their role within a county cannot exceed approved civil service rate and all such expense claims must be properly documented, approved and fully receipted.<\/p>\n
“This position fully aligns with the association’s own official guide but the reality of what is taking place in clubs and counties is very different. The way forward is clear – either existing payments practices or GAA rules need to change.”<\/p>\n
Ryan acknowledged that there was strong support for the retention of existing expense-only rules, however he said actual practices hadn’t accorded with the rules.<\/p>\n
“And unless future practices align with our stated rules this outcome will not be worth the paper it’s written on.”<\/p>\n
Ryan wrote that the GAA had proposed a centralised online system for the management of inter-county management team expenses but that uptake had been “underwhelming”.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere, the director general noted that the financial health of individual county boards had improved significantly in 2025.<\/p>\n
Collectively, annual income of counties had increased by 12% to \u20ac112m, with gate receipts increasing \u20ac2.8m to \u20ac19m. Ryan cited the impact of the split season and the FRC rule changes as key factors accounting for the rise.<\/p>\n
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