Revenue to crack down on tax evaders

A SENIOR Revenue Commissioners investigator says more tax evaders will be tracked down and prosecuted.

Speaking after Dublin businessman Leslie Reynolds was sentenced to three months in prison for engaging in widespread tax evasion, Derek Coleman, senior inspector of taxes, said the case shows it does not pay to cheat the taxman.

“I would hope that people will view this [sentence] and see that it is easier to be tax compliant than not to and Revenue are actively involved in searching out people who are involved in tax evasion.”