A Dublin couple appeared before the Tax Appeals Commission recently facing a tax bill of €1,536,462 which, with tax interest and penalties tacked on, comes in north of €4.5 million. The couple, landlords of 11 properties, also operated a launderette, childminding business, tiling outfit and a foreign property development firm. When cornered by a Revenue investigation showing €2.2 million of undeclared income flowing through their bank accounts (or at least the accounts Revenue managed to get their hands on), the taxpayers sent a letter of demand to Revenue for €1 million in the form of a self-styled “Notice of Non-…

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