Carer gets bill for €1m after investigation by Revenue

A DUBLIN carer settled a tax bill, agreeing to pay more than €1million after a Revenue investigation, the latest tax defaulter list shows.

Michelle Forde, from Ennafort Park, Raheny, was given a tax bill of €375,346, but was then hit with €431,506 in interest and a penalty of €281,513 – for a total of €1.08million.

She had been investigated for not declaring capital acquisitions tax and income tax.

Although she agreed to settle the case, she had yet

Total on the list comes to €6.02m

to pay the amount by the end of March. The latest defaulter list covers the first three months of this year.

Ms Ford’s case was one of 35 settled, for a combined total of €6.02million – half of which remained unpaid. Other cases included architects, publicans, doctors and farmers.

The two largest defaulters were carers in the healthcare sector – Ms Forde, and TLC Homecare and Healthcare Ltd in Dooradoyle, Limerick, which is now in liquidation.

TLC Homecare employed about 100 people and provided homecare, nursing and social care staff. A Revenue investigation found that it had under-declared VAT of €383,000. Revenue then hit the company with interest of more than €138,000 and penalties of €114,878 for a total of €635,880. The entire sum was outstanding at the end of March.

Other major settlements included €355,000 by solicitor

Denis Molloy of Bridge Street, Ballina, Mayo. He was investigated for under-declaration of income tax and VAT. The settlement included €207,000 in tax, plus €89,000 in interest and €58,000 in penalties.

Dental technician Thomas Holland, of William Street in Galway, was found to have under-declared PAYE, PRSI and USC.

He settled for €311,000, which included €155,000 in tax, €109,000 in interest, and €46,000 in penalties.

Seán McKeon, a builder of Drumna, Cloone, Co. Leitrim, made a €379,000 settlement for under-declaration of VAT.

And Kieran Sherry, a farmer from Alkill House, Castleshane, Co. Monaghan, was ordered to pay €633,000 by the courts for non-declaration of income tax.

Members of the medical profession on the list included Dr Patrick Macgovern Ltd from Dunmartin Clinic in Goatstown, Dublin, who was hit with a tax bill of €55,666 plus interest and penalties; and medical consultant Paul Kelly, of Rocklands, Old Cabra Road, Dublin, who owed €91,000, plus interest and penalties.

One woman, Angela Moran of Howth Road, Clontarf, is listed as a ‘homemaker’ and she owed €178,000 for underdeclaration of capital gains, following a Revenue probe.

Seán and Mary Murray, a car dealership, trading as Murray Car Sales, in Sixmilebridge, Co. Clare, owed €168,000 plus interest and penalties for a total of €296,000.

Architect Andrew O’Brien of Old Town, Rostellan, Midleton, Cork, was hit with a tax bill of €31,650 – brought to €46,000 with penalties and interest added. Others included Michael O’Connell, a farmer and agricultural contractor from Bawnmore, Kilmallock, Co. Limerick, who owed €117,000 in total, including interest and penalties.

Fast-food merchant Bruno Perrozi, of Market Court, Newcastle West in Co. Limerick, owed €46,228 – which was brought to €75,000 with penalties and interest.

In total, 16 of the settlements were valued at more than €100,000.

Revenue’s Tax Defaulters List also includes six cases where a penalty was imposed by the courts, for a combined value of €850,088.

Some 137 cases involved a court-imposed fine, imprisonment or other penalty, worth a combined €324,890.

Revenue said that it settled 675 audits and investigations, along with a further 20,762 ‘Risk Management Interventions’, resulting in a yield of €107million in tax, interest and penalties.

137 involved court fines