As more multinationals choose Ireland to centralise European Vat payments, discrepancies held up the release of corresponding statistics for months.
Revenue's notice of appeal in the Getty case was described by the Tax Appeal Commission as “vague, unnecessarily repetitious, and/or not reflective of a point of law capable of forming a question for the High Court”.
Companies in the investment group have been falling like dominoes as a garda investigation into alleged criminality at the business continues.
The Revenue Commissioners has repaid the Irish arm of collapsed payments group Wirecard millions of euros in withheld corporation tax.
The Revenue Commissioners have won 39 cases in relation to the scheme before the Tax Appeals Commission. The result is a major victory for the authority, which began raising assessments in relation to the scheme in recent years.
Sportsdirect.com Retail Limited, a British vehicle at the centre of Mike Ashley’s retail group, has initiated a judicial review case in the High Court against the Revenue Commissioners.
Between 2010 and 2012, international trader Susquehanna tried to claim tax relief on group losses. In the face of Revenue opposition, it won its case — and then lost it.
A heritage thatched pub or 1970s pastiche – either way, the company behind the endangered Stillorgan Orchard Pub is being pursued by Revenue in newly filed High Court proceedings. One of its owners is Applegreen magnate Bob Etchingham.
A battle between a businessman and the tax authority has clarified case law on convertible loans and CGT losses.
The scheme involved a web of German bond transactions that produced artificial losses to offset taxes. The Revenue action was a test case against media investor Dermot Hanrahan and the ruling will have implications for other taxpayers.
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