A grocer with an address in Pimlico, Dublin, made a €1.5 million settlement with the Revenue Commissioners, according to the latest list of tax defaulters’ published today.
James Geoghegan of John Street South, Pimlico, made the payment arising from the underdeclaration of income tax and VAT. The tax involved was €688,462 with the rest of the settlement arising from interest and penalties.
Mr Geoghegan was one of two defaulters who made payments in excess of €1 million during the July to September period. The second was for €1.87 million and was made by Robert Galbraith, a company director with an address in Curracloe, Co Wexford.
Mr Galbraith is a director of a number of companies including Two Wheels Ltd which has its registered offices at Honda Distributors (Ireland) in the M50 Business Park, Ballymount, Dublin 12.
His settlement arose from the underdeclaration of income tax and VAT, with the tax involved being €930,468 and the rest arising from interest and penalties.
A total of 72 settlements appear in the latest list, with the total involved being €13.26 million, a relatively small figure for a quarterly list.
Included among the others who made settlements are Westport nightclub proprietors Joseph and Ann Corcoran, who made a settlement of €605,642, and company director Sean Daly, of Tubrid, Kenmare, Co Kerry, who made a settlement of €598,075.
Dental technician Gerard Field of Rathmore Avenue, Stillorgan, Co Dublin, made a settlement of €639,602. A health food retailers, Sayerscourt (Grafton St) Ltd, made a €255,345 settlement arising from the underdeclaration of PAYE and PRSI.
Among those listed as having been fined for revenue offences during the period is actor Padraic Breathnach, of St John's Place, Galway, who was fined €1,250 for the failure to lodge income tax returns. Mr Breathnach appeared in the TV series Killinaskully.
Others who were fined for not filing income tax returns included a number of accountants and solicitors, a medical doctor, (Dorothy Niall, of Conranstown, Castletowngeoghegan, Co Westmeath), and a priest (Christopher McCormack, of the Parochial House, Fohenagh, Ballinasloe, Co Galway).
Thirty people were fined or jailed during the period for cigarette smuggling. Two Lithuanians were jailed for three days, Thomas McTasney, with an address at Alcore Puerta Del Carmen, Lanzarote, was jailed for four days, and Edijs Plaudis, with an address at Dunbhrian, Glack, Longford Town, was given a suspended sentence of 1 month.
Ten people were fined for the illegal selling of cigarettes while Pawel Zdzitowiecki of Ballytrasna Park, Little Island, Co Cork, was jailed for four months.