A machinery sales and repair provider who faced a tax bill of €1.7m topped Revenue’s quarterly list of tax defaulters.
Revenue published its List of Tax Defaulters for the period July 1 to September 30. The list included 30 settlements worth a combined €10.5m.
The 30 cases included two cases over €1m. Francis Cullen, a machinery sales and repair provider from Old Dublin Road, Enniscorthy, faced a tax bill for non-declaration of income tax, PAYE/PRSI/universal service charge and vat made up of €859,198 (including a €31,569 surcharge), interest of €204,169, and penalties of €710,729 for a total €1,774,096.
A Co Westmeath woman faced a bill of over €1m for non-declaration of income tax and vat. Marina Jane Loddick from Mount Temple, Moate, faced a tax bill of €482,946 (including €22,800 surcharge) with a further €245,270 in interest and €300,368 in penalties for a total €1,028,584. The settlement was paid in full.
Three cases exceeded €501,000 but were under €1m. Keith McFadden from Turlough, Castlebar, a motor dealer trading as Sava Motors faced a tax bill for underdeclaration of income tax of €460,245 (including €7,909 surcharge) with a further €251,322 in interest and €180,934 in penalties for a total bill of €892,501.
Helen Moore, a company director from Island Road, Fenit, Tralee, faced a tax bill of €396,168 for underdeclaration of income tax with a further €168,352 in interest and €118,849 in penalties for a total bill of €683,369. The settlement was paid in full.
Michael Moorehouse of Church Hill, Fermoy, a tyre sales agent trading as Mike’s Tyre Centre, faced a tax bill of €307,299 for underdeclaration of income tax and vat, with a further €106,189 in interest and €230,474 in penalties for a total bill of €643,962. The settlement was paid in full.
There were 20 cases between €101,000 and €500,000 while a further five settlement cases were less than €100,000.
Separately, 39 cases were published after a court-imposed penalty, with €70,247.50 in court fines imposed.
One man, Dragos Alin Ocanu, a construction worker with an address in Alicante Spain, was imprisoned for three months for tobacco smuggling.
There were 15 cases of excise offences for tobacco smuggling, illegal selling of tobacco, and possession of untaxed tobacco for sale with court fines totalling €34,500 imposed.
Three people were each fined €2,500 for illegal selling of tobacco: Shane Holland, of Willow Bank, Upper Fairhill, Cork; Marius Schipor of North Brunswick Street, Dublin, and Alexandriu Mihai Codau of Navan, Co Meath.
There were 14 cases of misuse of marked mineral oil – better known as green diesel – in respect of which court fines totalling €30,500 were imposed.
There were four fines for failure to hold a liquor licence. Base Wood Control Management, trading as Base Wood Fired Pizza in Clontarf in Dublin, was fined €632.50 for failure to hold a liquor licence, as was Lam Catering, trading as Vendricks Restaurant, in Killarney, Co Kerry, which was fined €850.
Publican Patrick Hayes of Clougour Road, Thurles, was fined €632.50 for failure to hold a liquor licence, as was Raceside Service Station Ltd, of Cashel, Co Tipperary, fined the same amount.
