Starbucks’s Irish operation paid €4,196 in corporation tax last year after two years of making no contribution to the State’s coffers.

The Irish arm of coffee giant Starbucks brewed up impressive pre-tax profits of €745,707 in 2013 — but did not pay corporation tax.

LOSSES at the Irish arm of US coffee giant Starbucks increased 15 fold last year after the company recorded an impairment charge of €3.97m due to underperforming stores in Ireland.