The Government is betting that Revenue’s debt-collection prowess will fix a toothless derelict site levy, with a €32m debt outstanding. But the new plan ignores a fatal flaw at the local level in the current system.
A report by the liquidator of Cross Blue Holdings traces the company's decline from the pandemic through rising costs and Revenue debts.
The Currency has uncovered the identities of some of the state agencies which have settled with Revenue to resolve worker misclassification issues in the wake of the landmark Karshan judgment. RTÉ and the Central Bank are currently assessing potential liabilities.
Five companies, including New Generation Construction, have been wound up by Revenue after an undertaking to pay the tax debts wasn't satisfied.
LPS International Plant Limited, a Co Galway plant-hire business, owes a staggering €106m to Revenue in undeclared Vat, interest and penalties, and is now in liquidation. How did it get here?
A farmer has failed to overturn a seven-figure tax bill as claims 3.4 million litres of marked gas oil were used in their own farm operations were found to have no credibility by the Tax Appeals Commission.
Non compliance with a Brexit carve-out saw an Irish company that imports second-hand mobile phones hit with a multi-million-euro Vat liability in a case that is now going to the High Court.
Revenue is carrying out a “comprehensive analysis” of PRSA payouts between 2023 and 2025 to determine the loophole's impact before it was closed off. Early evidence points to an exploited system.
In the final weeks before the 2008 financial crisis, three investors entered trades that would echo through the courts for nearly two decades – ending in a High Court ruling this month.
Quality and Qualifications Ireland incorrectly treated external assessors as self-employed contractors for tax purposes. It needed extra funding from its parent department to settle the six-figure tax bill.
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