Earlier this year, the Irish tax authority disclosed that it is currently challenging 342 tax avoidance cases, relating to 35 transactions with 470 appeals.  The cases are being probed by the Large Cases High Wealth Individuals Division of the Revenue Commissioners, a branch of the authority that monitors the tax activities of the country’s wealthiest individuals – not just the super-rich or the plutocrats, but the monied layer that operates largely under the public radar. In the aftermath of Revenue’s disclosure, I lodged a Freedom of Information request for details of the schemes under active investigation, and how many people…

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