Sinéad O'Connor on tax defaulters list over €160,000 settlement
The singer was hit with the bill for under-declaring PAYE and PRSI.
MUSICIAN SINÉAD O’CONNOR has been named on the latest Revenue tax defaulters’ list after reaching a settlement of more than €160,000 with the authority.
O’Connor, whose address is listed as Montobello in Bray, Co Wicklow, was hit with the bill for under-declaring PAYE and PRSI.
According to the Revenue documents, her settlement included more than €90,000 in unpaid taxes, as well as around €70,000 in interest and penalties.
The singer’s case was one of 101 settlements or determinations published for the period between the start of April and the end of June this year.
Retired company director James Farrell, of Bective View at Kells in county Meath, reached a settlement of more than €1.4 million, based on an unpaid tax bill of €686,000 plus interest and penalties.
Aircraft painters and glaziers IAC Graphics Limited, part of the Shannon Airport-based International Aerospace Coatings group, had a tax bill of €582,000 – but with penalties and interest the final settlement came to more than €1.1 million.
Another company, Sandyford Industrial Estate-based office equipment suppliers Bizquip, reached a settlement of €925,000 for the under-declaration of PAYE and PRSI after a Revenue probe into offshore assets.
Total settlements published for the period came in at more than €17.4 million.
Cases are made public when taxpayers fail to voluntarily disclose any unpaid liabilities or settle the amounts owed.
Revenue said penalties only applied when tax defaults were deliberate or involved people neglecting to take reasonable care with their obligations.
Court cases
Between 1 April and 30 June 2016, there were also 282 court cases published worth a combined €734,000 in fines and penalties.
Nine people were named over fines for cigarette smuggling, three of whom appeared in court. Three people had a prison term imposed for illegal selling of cigarettes while one person was given 200 hours community service.
Two people were fined for possession of counterfeit alcohol for sale and one person for alcohol smuggling, while another person was fined for illegal betting.
The full details can be read on the Revenue website.
Written by Aoife Barry and posted on TheJournal.ie. Additional reporting Peter Bodkin
