Traveller pays out €595,000 after evading tax

ONE of the country’s best-known Travellers, Adare antique dealer Simon Quilligan, has made a €595,000 tax settlement with the Revenue Commissioners.

Mr Quilligan was among the 201 tax evaders who made settlements in excess of €12,700, details of which were released by the Revenue Commissioners yesterday. The settlements yielded a total of €26.61 million in unpaid taxes, interest and penalties.

Mr Quilligan’s liability arose from undeclared income tax and a bogus non-resident account. It was made up of €147,347 in unpaid tax and €447,653 in interest and penalties.