"I just never bothered paying", tax evader tells court

A spray painter who evaded paying an estimated €1.4m in tax has received 220 hours of community service in lieu of a prison sentence.

Trevor Dixon, aged 57, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to 26 sample counts relating to tax evasion between 2002 and 2008, while he worked spray-painting Dublin buses.

Dixon, of Hazelwood, Shankill, Co Dublin, pleaded guilty to issuing incorrect Vat invoices, fraudulently evading income tax, failing to file tax returns and failing to pay Vat.