A chartered accountant was recently before the Tax Appeals Commission facing a string of allegations including filing seriously incomplete tax returns, filing returns late, failing to advise Revenue of substantial property transactions, not completing statements of affairs when requested and refusing to co-operate with a Revenue investigation. The appellant – an accountant in practice – filed tax returns for the years 1999 to 2008 showing an average annual income of just €12,302 over that time. Out of that, he managed to maintain a spouse, three privately educated school-going children and lived in a house complete with an indoor swimming pool…