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Full coverage: Revenue Commissioners

Land, leases, licences and the law: Motorway case clarifies tax treatment of FDI property

When a Spanish multinational sold its stake in the company that built the M4 toll road, Revenue issued a contested CGT bill. Following a tax appeal in 2021, the High Court has now ruled on the case.

Thomas Hubert
21st Feb, 2023 - 5 min read

A tangled corporate web: Siteserv report singles out key individuals for further investigation

The IBRC Commission recommends probes by the Revenue Commissioners, the liquidator of IBRC, and the state's corporate watchdog into dealings of Siteserv founder Niall McFadden and former chief executive Brian Harvey.

Tom Lyons
7th Sep, 2022 - 2 min read

Ireland’s tax chief on record receipts from multinationals, warehoused debt and Brexit

Having presided over the expansion of the tax authority's workforce for Brexit and the launch of unprecedented pandemic support schemes, Revenue boss Niall Cody is staying on for another three years to see through a generational corporation tax reform.

Ian Kehoe
13th May, 2022 - 20 min read

Private practice? How Revenue tackled professionals transferring their business to a company

Many medical and other professionals have transferred their trade to a company. Now a doctor has been found personally liable for tax on fees earned through the new structure.

Eoin O'Shea
1st Feb, 2022 - 7 min read

Revealed: the 27 tax avoidance schemes being investigated by Revenue

Documents released to The Currency under Freedom of Information legislation show the wide variety of schemes being used by companies and individuals to escape tax. And from trading losses to preferential loans, they also reveal the areas of focus for the tax authority.

Ian Kehoe
9th Feb, 2021 - 5 min read

Artificial loans, turnover suppression, secret payroll runs: How some firms sought to game the wage subsidy scheme

Availed of by 66,000 firms, the €2.8bn wage subsidy scheme has been the cornerstone of the government’s economic response to Covid-19. However, Revenue has identified abuses including payroll manipulation and turnover suppression.

Ian Kehoe
3rd Nov, 2020 - 4 min read

Covid clash: Distiller brings Revenue to court in €2.1m hand gel alcohol tax row

When Covid-19 hit Ireland, Arderin Distillers swapped gin production for hand gel. The Tipperary business alleges it relied on Revenue assurances, subsequently withdrawn, that it would not be liable for alcohol duty on a health product.

Francesca Comyn
28th Aug, 2020 - 3 min read

EU court quashes €13bn Apple decision against Ireland – and leaves the door wide open to an appeal

Judges in Luxembourg have found that the European Commission failed to prove Irish tax deals with Apple were illegal. The main reason? Investigators didn’t go far enough in their probing of the Revenue’s “incomplete and occasionally inconsistent” rulings.

Thomas Hubert
15th Jul, 2020 - 2 min read

Out of the shadows: how Revenue added accountants, doctors and lawyers to multi-million nixer hit list

Thousands of tip-offs, covert surveillance and “streetscape” sweeps feed into the fight against the “shadow economy”. Exclusive figures reveal that hundreds of professionals feature alongside builders, landlords and retailers among the taxman’s targets.

Thomas Hubert
9th Jul, 2020 - 4 min read

The chairman: Revenue boss Niall Cody on multinationals, tax probes and Covid-19

Since the crisis began, the Revenue Commissioners have halted audit work, allowed firms to warehouse debt and rolled out the state’s wage subsidy scheme. In an exclusive interview, its chairman Niall Cody talks about Covid-19, multinational tax structures and the Revenue’s battle against tax avoidance.

Ian Kehoe
3rd Jul, 2020 - 23 min read
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