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A major step towards a united Europe was the setting up of the European Coal & Steel Community (ECSC) in 1951. Its objective was a free market in coal and steel between the founding countries of France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.
Daniel McAleese became Revenue Commissioner when Seán Mac Cormaic retired in 1950. A native of Lurgan, Co. Armagh, McAleese was also working in the Custom House on the day it was burned. A noted member of Clonliffe Harriers and the Central Council of the National Athletic & Cycling Association (NACA), he was chief organiser of the public reception for Tisdall and Callaghan 's victorious return from the 1932 Olympic Games. When Commissioner Donnelly retired in 1951, he was succeeded by Edward P. Haslam, an expert in C&E legislation who had served for eight years as private secretary to the first Chairman, William O 'Brien.
In 1952, Customs examination of imported goods was reduced to one in every three consignments. A shadow of things to come was the new Taxes Central Collection Office. Responsible for the Dublin area only, this was a forerunner to the Office of the Collector General. In this pre-PAYE era, it was not unknown for Collectors of Taxes to visit small employers on pay-days to collect something on account from employees.
The following year, the Government set up a committee to examine the effects of taxation on industry. With due regard to the interests of taxpayers, this committee was charged to recommend amendment to the law where considered necessary and practicable. Another precedent was set with the Committee 's composition. Chaired by An Breitheamh Cearbhaill O 'Dálaigh (later Uachtarán na h-éireann), its members included professional representatives from diverse areas and backgrounds. The Secretary was A.T. McMahon, Higher Grade Inspector of Taxes, later to become an Appeal Commissioner.
In 1953 as Elizabeth was crowned Queen of England, Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa
Daniel McAleese became Revenue Commissioner when Seán Mac Cormaic retired in 1950. A native of Lurgan, Co. Armagh, McAleese was also working in the Custom House on the day it was burned. A noted member of Clonliffe Harriers and the Central Council of the National Athletic & Cycling Association (NACA), he was chief organiser of the public reception for Tisdall and Callaghan 's victorious return from the 1932 Olympic Games. When Commissioner Donnelly retired in 1951, he was succeeded by Edward P. Haslam, an expert in C&E legislation who had served for eight years as private secretary to the first Chairman, William O 'Brien.
In 1952, Customs examination of imported goods was reduced to one in every three consignments. A shadow of things to come was the new Taxes Central Collection Office. Responsible for the Dublin area only, this was a forerunner to the Office of the Collector General. In this pre-PAYE era, it was not unknown for Collectors of Taxes to visit small employers on pay-days to collect something on account from employees.
The following year, the Government set up a committee to examine the effects of taxation on industry. With due regard to the interests of taxpayers, this committee was charged to recommend amendment to the law where considered necessary and practicable. Another precedent was set with the Committee 's composition. Chaired by An Breitheamh Cearbhaill O 'Dálaigh (later Uachtarán na h-éireann), its members included professional representatives from diverse areas and backgrounds. The Secretary was A.T. McMahon, Higher Grade Inspector of Taxes, later to become an Appeal Commissioner.
In 1953 as Elizabeth was crowned Queen of England, Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa
References: * (1)David Bevan, Paul Collier, Jan Willem Gunning. Nigeria and Indonesia. p 161