A former partner in Deloitte argued that a debt settlement agreement between himself and Revenue prevented the DPP from issuing criminal proceedings against him. It didn't go well, and he faces a number of criminal summons.
Revenue claims Paul Howard and Una McClean may have breached a High Court freezing order. The couple is facing income tax claims of over €3 million.
Wexford businessman Frank Hynes has received a six figure penalty after a Revenue audit found he had deliberately declared his taxes two years running. Separately the former director of the liquidated Hynes Jewellers is the subject of fraudulent and reckless trading proceedings.
The Court of Appeal ruling means Airbnb, which has its European headquarters in Dublin, has to hand over to the Austrian tax authorities details of hosts suspected of tax evasion.
IFSC global securities trading company Susquehanna is embroiled in a multi-million tax battle with the Revenue Commissioners. "This is not a case of getting tax relief twice. There is no abuse going on here," lawyers for the US-owned operator claim.
Sabina Murphy worked 14 years as a civil servant including with the Revenue Commissioners. Then the Criminal Assets Bureau secured freezing orders against her bank accounts.
Revenue have long argued that when a doctor operates through a company, it is not longer vat exempt. However, a new case has contradicted this – a move that will have massive implications for thousands of doctors and dentists around the country.
When company director Kevin Rabbitte finally came clean about being the frontman for a transnational Vat fraud, he claimed he was acting for an extremely dangerous individual.
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