Horse trainer O’Brien settles €500k tax bill

A COMPANY co-owned by horse trainer Aidan O’Brien has made a tax settlement of more than €500,000 with the Revenue Commissioners.

The latest quarterly list of tax defaulters, published yesterday by Revenue — shows that Whisperview Trading Limited — a horse training and breeding services company based in Piltown, Co Kilkenny — reached a total settlement of €526,077.

Of this, €177,639 covered unpaid tax, with interest and penalties amounting to €348,437. Revenue said the settlement covered the under-declaration of corporation tax and PAYE/PRSI. It also said it qualified for an offshore assets investigation case.