Becton Dickinson pays €7m in corporate tax

The Irish arm of medical technology firm, Becton Dickinson, last year paid corporation tax of €6.7m on revenues of €1.19bn.

Newly-filed accounts for the US-owned Benex Ltd show pre-tax profits increased by 64% to €52.7m. This followed revenues increasing from €1.17bn to €1.19bn in the 12 months to the end of September 2014.

The firm — which has its Irish operations in Dun Laoghaire — acts as Becton Dickinson’s “regional distribution and logistics platform for Europe”.