Taxman nets €17m from pubs, bosses and farmers
Making up 45% of the total take by the taxman, they paid a total of €16,699,256 in unpaid tax, fines and penalties. Overall, €37.3 million was taken from defaulters, whose names were published yesterday. All the settlements were made with the Revenue in April, May and June of this year.
The list shows that Fermoy insurance broker Charles J McCarthy made the second-highest ever published settlement. He paid €6.4m to the Revenue - €3,902,903 in penalties and interest and €2,497,097 in underdeclared income tax, capital acquisitions tax and PAYE/PRSI. Mr McCarthy also held a bogus non-resident account.
