Fuel firm loses appeal to €1.3m tax bill linked to ‘green diesel’

A fuel distribution company has lost its challenge against a tax bill of over €1.3m from Revenue over its failure to keep proper records of sales of large volumes of marked diesel to a customer suspected of involvement in fuel laundering.

The Tax Appeals Commission, or TAC, has ruled that the unnamed company is liable to pay the demand following an extended Revenue audit into its affairs between from the start of April 2012 and the end of 2014.