Revenue hits farmer with €170,000 bill

Farmers are among those who have featured in a List of Tax Defaulters, which Revenue has released in respect of the period October 1^st, 2022, to June 30^th, 2022.

Revenue published the list in two parts today (Tuesday, September 13^th, 2022):

• 1: Persons in whose case the court has determined a penalty relating to a settlement or has imposed a fine, imprisonment or other penalties in respect of a tax or duty offence.
• 2: Persons in whose case Revenue has accepted a settlement offer instead of initiating court proceedings, or a settlement has been paid in full. This list reflects the amount of a settlement that remained unpaid at the end of the period of December 31^st, 2021.

Defaulters list 

Failure to lodge Income Tax Return(s):

• John Gallagher, Ballinlough, Westport, Co Mayo – farmer – 3 charges – €3,750.

Misuse of marked mineral oil:

• Tim Kelleher, Coomaguire, Ballyvourney, Macroom, Co Cork – farmer – €2,500;
• Des Mullarkey, Cloonfad East, Ballyhaunis, Co Roscommon – farmer – €2,500;
• Peter Ward, Keelogues, Williamstown, Co Waterford – farmer – €3,500.

Obstruction of a Revenue officer:

• William Ferrins, Furmoyle, Louisburg, Co Mayo – farmer – €2,500.

Part 2:

• John Mooney, Kilmaine, Fortal, Birr, Co. Offaly – farmer – Tax: €84,269; Interest: €60,405; Penalties: €25,281; Total: €169,955: Revenue Audit case – under-declaration of VAT. Amount unpaid at the end of June 30^th, 2022: €166,655.

Settlements are published when the extensive voluntary disclosure options are not availed of, and the default arises because of careless or deliberate behaviour:

• 12 cases are published today, and €12.5m is the total settlement amount in these cases.
• 10 cases were for amounts exceeding €100,000, of which 2 exceeded €1 million
• 3 are cases in which the settlement was not fully paid as at June 30^th, 2022.
• €10,721,226 was the amount unpaid as at June 30^th, 2022. Revenue vigorously pursues collection/enforcement of unpaid settlements. In some cases, collection/recovery of the full unpaid amount will not be possible (e.g. company liquidation).

Revenue Compliance Yield

These published settlements reflect only a portion of all Revenue audits and investigations.

In the 3-month period to June 30^th, 2022, a total of 287 Revenue audit and investigations, together with 13,983 Risk Management Interventions (Aspect Queries and Profile Interviews), were settled, resulting in a yield of €3.540 billion in tax, interest, and penalties.