Top tax dodgers: who they are and what they paid
The defaulters were all named and shamed by the Revenue Commissioners from October 1, 2001, to June 30 of this year.
The analysis of the defaulters, who paid €262.33 million in taxes and penalties over the period of the survey, shows that farmers are the single biggest group to be named, followed by company directors, retailers, publicans and builders.
Some 467 farmers paid €35.87m in the period under review, an average of €76,805 each. A spokesman for the IFA said the Revenue Commissioners were on record as saying they were satisfied with the level of compliance in the industry. The spokesman said farmers did not consider themselves to be unfairly targeted by the taxman.
Cork has the largest number of farmers who failed to pay their taxes in full, with 82, followed by 55 in Kerry, 52 in Limerick and 50 in Tipperary over the period of almost three years.
A total of 274 company directors paid €56.05m, an average of €204,545. €28.07m was paid by 175 retailers, an average of €160,423. Dublin with 55 had the most defaulting directors, Limerick had 22, Galway 19, Cork 17 and Longford had none.
€16.65m was paid by 170 publicans, an average of €97,932. The Vintners Federation of Ireland did not comment on the issue when asked.
No publican in Clare was named and shamed in the period under review by the Revenue yet during the same period 29 publicans in Kerry, 13 in Cork, 12 in Donegal, nine in Galway, nine in Mayo, 14 in Tipperary and just eight in Dublin were named and shamed.
A total of 175 retailers paid €28.07 million to the Exchequer, an average €160,423 per shopkeeper.
Some 161 builders paid €25.85, an average of €160,549.
The largest number came from Dublin, with 22, followed by 18 in Galway and 13 in Clare and Meath.
The figures show that in the period under review there were 1,437 Bogus Non Resident (BNR) account holders who were named and shamed, bringing in €175.7 million.
Cork had the largest number of BNRs, with 208, resulting in payment of penalties and taxes of €20.42 million, followed by 119 in Tipperary who paid €11.28 million.
Dubliners dominated the Ansbacher cases with 12 named tax dodgers paying in €7.6 million.
The names of 158 dead people who had defaulted on their taxes were listed by the Revenue Commissioners from October 1, 2001, to June 30 of this year.
THE Irish Examiner analysed 2,122 tax defaulters named and shamed by the Revenue Commissioners from October 1, 2001, to June 30 of this year.
The Revenue publishes audit settlements where it accepted a specified sum in excess of €12,700 in settlement of any additional liability for tax, interest and penalties instead of instituting proceedings for the recovery of the penalties and where:
A voluntary disclosure was not made by the taxpayer before the audit.
The amount of fine or penalty included in the settlement exceeded 15% of the tax.
The lists are compiled pursuant to section 1086 of the Taxes Consolidation Act, 1997.
