The Revenue Commissioners have received complaints about RTE stars being allowed to work as "self-employed" at the station.
The issue has really annoyed and upset the full-time staff, who cannot understand how anyone who works in RTE every day, does not broadcast for anyone else and uses their computers, offices and staff, is then permitted to be designated as working for themselves by the tax collector.
RTE employees feel the same so-called "freelance" broadcasters earn 95 per cent of their income from the national station and therefore should be put on staff and taxed from source.
