Kildare's Tax Defaulters: Revenue Audit Reveals Significant Settlements

Wednesday, 13 March 2024 10:39

By Martin Osborne

In Kildare, farmer Martin Byrne from Kilberry, Athy, under-declared income tax, resulting in a settlement with revenue of €526,784.

According to the latest quarterly tax defaulters’ list released by Revenue, settlements with 16 tax defaulters in the last three months of 2023 amounted to over €5 million, with four settlements surpassing €500,000.

In Kildare, farmer Martin Byrne from Kilberry, Athy, under-declared income tax, resulting in a settlement with revenue of €526,784.

Portersize Transport Services Limited, operating in Timolin, Moone, made a settlement of €252,849 for under-declaration of Corporation Tax, PAYE/PRSI/USC, and VAT.

While Power Food Technology Limited, situated in Clane Business Park, faced a settlement of €160,171 for under-declaration of Corporation Tax and PAYE/PRSI/USC.

Transmedix Limited, a medical staff provider headquartered in Carrigaline, Cork, reached the highest settlement of the quarter, totalling €586,600. This sum includes taxes, interest, and penalties for non-declaration of corporation tax and PAYE/PRSI/USC.

Ina’s Kitchen Desserts, operating under the name Broderick’s, settled for €535,069. The manufacturer, based in Tallaght, Dublin, faced a Revenue audit which revealed under-declarations of corporation tax, PAYE/PRSI/USC, and VAT.

Brian Carthy, GAA commentator and author, known professionally as a “journalist trading as Sliabh Ban Productions," settled for €129,759 following an audit which revealed under-declarations in income tax, PAYE/PRSI/USC, and VAT.

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