The case is the latest attempt by criminals to target an arm of the State, with the National Treasury Management Agency recently falling victim to a €5 million phishing scam this summer.
For years Dublin landlord Paul Howard and his partner Una McClean have been pursued by Revenue in a multi-million tax claim. But the couple has struck back using the ancient laws on champerty against the tax authority.
Major developers, a cinema mogul, the operator of Croke Park, and everyday farmers are among appellants seeking the removal of sites from the tax net, which came into effect earlier this year.
Revenue Commissioners have recovered €3.7m from nearly 90 investors in a Polish property investment scheme structured through offshore vehicles. With dozens of cases still active, the investigation marks one of the largest offshore tax enforcement actions in recent years.
The existence of a Revenue audit was not disclosed when an interim examinership was first pursued in court last November. A company director maintained this was “inadvertent” and not down to bad faith.
Revenue’s GAA tax probe may extend to team holidays and a range of match-related expenses. Winning, and playing more games, could mean a higher tax bill and an administrative headache for loyal volunteers.
In the second part of our series, The Currency looks at the opaque nature of GAA county board finances and the key expense lines where boards could potentially take a big tax hit.
Three county boards are being audited and officials at Croke Park are close to finalising a deal with the tax authority over nationwide voluntary assessment of expenses. But how deep could the tax dive go?
With Revenue knocking on the door, the Fennell family behind the Green Barn restaurant went through the Scarp process to save their company. Rescue plan in hand, James Fennell talks about the “labour of love” business and a bright future ahead.
Newly released records point to abuse by a small cohort of companies of an unintended pension loophole introduced by the finance department despite warnings from tax authority insiders.
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