GoFundMe scores €11.3m Vat 'win' from Revenue

Favourable resolution of tax investigation by the Revenue Commissioners

A GoFundMe campaign raised over €370,000 for Deliveroo driver Caio Benicio, who stopped a knife attacker outside a school on Parnell St, Dublin, last year. Picture: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images

The Irish arm of global online fundraising platform GoFundMe has scored an €11.3m Vat ‘win’ arising from the favourable resolution of a tax investigation by the Revenue Commissioners.

Last year, GoFundMe enjoyed international headlines with the ‘buy a pint' fundraiser that raised €370,020 for the ‘hero’ of the Parnell Street stabbings in November 2023, Deliveroo rider, Caio Benicio.