Jockey Spencer makes €102k tax settlement

TOP horse racing jockey Jamie Spencer has been pulled-up by the taxman and has made a €102,855 settlement with the Revenue Commissioners.

Spencer, one time stable jockey to top trainer Aidan O’Brien at Ballydoyle, made the settlement as a result of a audit by the Revenue Commissioners who found he underpaid capital gains tax by €63,728 and added €39,127 in interest and penalties.

The former champion jockey, now based in Newmarket, was one of just 87 names published yesterday by the Revenue in their latest list of settlements.