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Carlow car dealers in €10.7m settlement with Revenue

12 cases with a total of €12.5m are listed on today's Tax Defaulters list
12 cases with a total of €12.5m are listed on today's Tax Defaulters list

Two Co Carlow based car dealers, with similar addresses, have been found by Revenue to owe it over €10.7m in two cases of under-declaration of PAYE, PRSI, USC and VAT.

The latest Revenue Tax Defaulters list show that Meridian Motors 2014 Limited, based at Sleaty Road in Carlow - which is now in liquidation - owes Revenue €4,884,961.

Meanwhile, Meridian Motors Limited, which traded as Carlow Motor Company and was also based at Sleaty Road, owes Revenue €5,848,934. It is also now in liquidation.

The majority of both payments are outstanding.

The Tax Defaulters list for the three months to the end of June also includes settlements with investment service companies, a retired builder and a hair dressing service provider as well a farmer and a PAYE worker.

In total, 12 cases with a total of €12.5m are listed on today's Tax Defaulters list. Most of that money - €10.7m - is still owed to Revenue by the end of June.

Revenue said that ten cases were for amounts exceeding €100,000, while two exceeded €1m.