The Revenue Commissioners has warned taxpayers to be on the alert for “bogus” phone calls and emails from individuals purporting to be Revenue officials.

The Revenue has received “a number of calls” from businesses and individual taxpayers who have been contacted by fake officials seeking personal information, (such as PPS numbers, addresses and details of earnings) and in some cases demanding payment of tax.

The Revenue said it has received no reports of anyone being taken in by the hoax.