Court fines Ford dealership €50,000 over VAT fraud

FINES totalling €50,000 were imposed on Kerry’s largest Ford dealership which was convicted of four charges relating to incorrect VAT returns at the Circuit Criminal Court in Tralee, last night.

Benners Garage, Mile Height, Killarney Road, Tralee, admitted the offences but was now tax complaint, the court was told.

Judge Carroll Moran said the penalty imposed could not force the defendant out of business, but a severe view had to be taken of the offences.