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Desmond and Rosenstock included on tax defaulters list

A company controlled by promoter Denis Desmond made the biggest settlement with Revenue in the second quarter of 2018
A company controlled by promoter Denis Desmond made the biggest settlement with Revenue in the second quarter of 2018

Promoters, comedians, fast food business owners, landlords, publicans and consultants all feature on the latest tax defaulters list from Revenue.

The biggest settlement - €701,025 - in today's list was with Gaiety Investments Unlimited Company from Dún Laoghaire in Co Dublin for the under-declaration of PAYE, PRSI and USC. 

The company is controlled by promoters Denis Desmond and Caroline Downey.

A company called Blue Elf Inc Ltd, which is owned by comedian Mario Rosenstock, also paid €118,663.80 for under declaring income tax, social insurance and the universal social charge.

Co Galway-based medical consultant Naveed Khawaja faced a bill of €513,763 for under-declaration of income tax.

Co Galway-based car dealer Vehicle Wholesalers Limited also settled for €440,000 for under-declaration of VAT.

Revenue also lists Independent TD Michael Lowry, who was fined €15,000 in June, while his company Garuda was fined €10,000 after being found guilty of a tax offence and failing to keep proper books of account.

Revenue said it secured over €8.8m in taxes and penalties during the second quarter of the year from a total of 66 cases. 

29 cases were for amounts exceeding €100,000 and Revenue said that in 17 cases the settlement was not fully paid as at the end of June.