Firm told to pay back €2.2m in pandemic wage supports to Revenue

At the TAC, Revenue contended the employer failed to carry out rolling reviews and that it had understated its turnover or sales figures for the relevant time periods. Picture: Laura Hutton/RollingNews.ie

A firm has been ordered to repay over €2.2m in covid wage supports to the Revenue following a ruling by the Tax Appeals Commission (TAC)

The case involved payments under the Employer Wage Subsidy Support (EWSS) scheme which were  wrongly claimed by the unidentified firm from July 2020 to August 2021.