A Cork reflexologist, who received a penalty of €90,000; a Carrigaline consultant, who was fined €5,000 and sentenced to 160 hours of community service and a Fermoy company director, who was fined €5,000 and given an 18-month suspended sentence, are among tax defaulters named by the Revenue Commissioners.
The list for the first three months of 2024 has been published, and a number of Cork residents are on it. Matthew Murphy, a reflexologist with an address at Tosnu, Ballinvarosig, Carrigaline, received a penalty determination of €89,690 for under-declaration of capital-gains tax of the same amount.
JPAC Engineering Limited, with an address at Marian, Cork Road, Fermoy, was fined €5,000 for delivering incorrect corporation-tax returns, while Jonathon Cummins, a company director from Marian, Cork Road, Fermoy, received an 18-month suspended sentence for delivering incorrect Vat returns.
Brian M Murphy, of 25 Garran Ferney, Carrigaline, whose occupation is listed as “consultant”, was fined €5,000 for claiming income-tax relief to which he was not entitled, and was given a two-year suspended sentence.
Mr Murphy was also charged with one count of delivering incorrect Vat returns, for which he received a sentence of 80 hours of community service, in lieu of one year of imprisonment.
Mr Murphy was sentenced to a further 80 hours of community service, in lieu of one year of imprisonment, for producing an incorrect invoice or document.
Kevin Barry, of Inchnagree, Buttevant, whose occupation is listed as “PAYE employee”, was fined €3,000 for the misuse of marked mineral oil.
William Delaney, of 12 Meadow Park Lawn, Ballyvollane, occupation not known, was fined €3,000 for the misuse of marked mineral oil.
Mary Dinan, of 400 Forest View, Goulds Hill, Mallow, PAYE employee, was fined €3,000 for the misuse of marked mineral oil.
Arthur McDonagh, of 8 Cul Mona, Pike Road, Fermoy, PAYE employee, was fined €2,500 for the misuse of marked mineral oil.
Kevin O’Brien, of 14 Ard na Carraig, Doneraile, PAYE employee, was fined €2,500 for the misuse of marked mineral oil.
Nikita O’Brien, of 12 Meadow Park Lawn, Ballyvollane, occupation unknown, was fined €3,000 for the misuse of marked mineral oil.
David Holub, of Apartment 3, Bunratty House, Flower Hill, Rushbrooke Manor, Cobh, PAYE employee, was fined €2,500 for tobacco smuggling.
Sandra Kotlarova, of Apartment 3, Bunratty House, Flower Hill, Rushbrooke Manor, Cobh, occupation unknown, was fined €2,500 for tobacco smuggling.
Andrejs Maksimovies, of Belrose, Innishannon, PAYE employee, was fined €2,500 for tobacco smuggling.
Monika Szymczyk, High Street, Newmarket, PAYE employee, was fined €2,500 for the illegal selling of tobacco.
Paul Moore, of 21 Willow Bank View, Fairhill, PAYE employee, was sentenced to 240 hours of community service in lieu of two years’ imprisonment, for two charges of possession of untaxed tobacco for sale.
Neringa Sveilauskiene, of 57 Orchard Heights, Charleville, PAYE employee, was fined €2,500 for the possession of untaxed tobacco for sale.
The list of tax defaulters, published in Iris Oifigiúil, covers the period from January 1 of this year and March 31.
Nationally, there were five cases in which the courts determined penalties for defaulters, and the total amount of the five cases came to €517,063.
There were 79 cases in which a fine, imprisonment, or other penalty was imposed in respect of tax or duty offences, and €178,215 was the cumulative total of the court fines imposed. The Revenue Commissioners published 11 cases in which settlements were reached with defaulters, and the cumulative amount of those cases was €4,002,820.
In the three-month period to 31 March 2024, a total of 14,899 revenue-compliance interventions were settled, resulting in a total yield of €195,677,591.
