Madam, - Two items caught my notice in your edition of April 11. Page 1: The Revenue Commissioners have told the Bank of Ireland that some of its wealthiest customers who evaded taxes using offshore trusts will be entitled to "significant benefits" if they pay up by the end of May. In the cases where the person is in "deliberate default" the attractions of the package on offer include "a reduction of penalties to 10 per cent of the additional tax".
Page 4: A former handyman from Drimnagh has been jailed for two years and fined €35,000 for failing to make tax returns. If he fails to pay the fines, he receives additional time in jail. He received the jail sentences because, the judge said, he "had set out deliberately to defraud the State of substantial revenue".
Did I miss something? - Yours, etc.,
HELEN GALLIVAN, Adelaide Street, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin.