Landlord Christian Carter tops tax defaulters list with €1m settlement

Mr Carter, who is living at an address in Mexico city, made a settlement of €951,029. This includes €402,946 in tax, €245,874 in interest and €302,209 in penalties.

The latest list of tax defaulters includes 11 cases relating to the period between January and March 31 this year, with the total settlement amount coming to just over €4 million.

The settlement with Mr Carter was made on the back of an investigation by Revenue. As of March 31, €873,294 remained unpaid.

Eleven of the cases published by the Revenue Commissioners exceed €100,000.

A dog breeder, caravan site operator and emergency accommodation provider were also included on the list.

A motor dealer in Clonmel, Co Tipperary made a settlement of €558,818 after under-declaring Vat.

Clonmel Auto Sales Limited on Queen Street, trading as Premier Autos, has to pay €354,208 in tax, €98,348 in interest and €106,262 in penalties.

A scaffolding contractor in Co Donegal, with an address in Knockbrack, Letterkenny, made a €502,611 settlement after an audit found PAYE, PRSI, USC and Vat had been underdeclared.

D.O.E. Scaffolding Hire & Sales Ltd has paid the settlement in full.

An electronic systems provider and a retired haulier were also hit with significant penalties.

Accutron Ltd, with an address of Ballysimon Road, Co Limerick, was ordered to pay €498,027 following an audit for the under-declaration of corporation tax, PAYE, PRSI and USC.

Mielzyslaw Antkiewicz, a retired haulier trading as Polartrans, made a settlement of €541,035 for the under-declaration of PAYE, PRSI, USC and Vat.

A caravan site operator in Ardmore, Co Waterford was hit with a settlement of €225,019. Thomas Healy, of the Curragh, Ardmore was audited in relation to the under-declaration of Vat.

A dog breeder made a settlement of €108,155 for under-declaring income tax and Vat.

Raymond Cullivan, with an address of Poles, Co Cavan was fined for undeclaring income tax and Vat.

An emergency accommodation provider in Glenbeigh, Co Kerry was ordered to pay €130,650.

Puca Entertainment Ltd, trading as the Falcon Inn, was categorised as a “level 2 risk review case” for the restriction of repayment of Vat.

Revenue said a total of €1.4 million was unpaid from two settlements as of March 31, adding that it “vigorously” pursues the collection of unpaid sums. The two settlements listed as unpaid were Mr Carter’s and Mr Antkiewicz’s.

The 11 published settlements reflect only a portion of all its compliance interventions in the period. In the first three months of the year, a total of 14,899 such interventions were settled resulting in a total yield of almost €195.7 million.