Banks give tax cheats’ names to the Revenue

BANKS have begun handing over names and addresses of tax dodgers who held bogus non-resident accounts to the Revenue Commissioners.

The taxman has already identified 1,800 account holders and is trawling through thousands of files under special powers from the High Court.

Banks and other financial institutions, which have already made payments of 208m euro in settlement of DIRT tax affairs, have began contacting account holders by letter informing them that information on accounts has been passed on.