The Minister for Finance announced on budget day 2016 that this year’s Finance Bill would tackle offshore tax evasion. Revenue has essentially allowed about six months to the 1 May 2017, an amnesty, if you will, to those with offshore assets to regularise matters before, presumably, an “A chara” letter issues. Like Liam Neeson’s character in “Taken”, a
Read more →It is not just the self-employed who must file a tax return. It applies not only to sole traders, the self-employed and farmers but also to those individuals that the Revenue Commissioners deem as ‘Chargeable Persons’. The tax deadline is fast approaching (on or before October 31st and if filed electronically, the deadline is November 10th). What are the most
Read more →A new RTE investigation has revealed that farmers are by far the most numerous tax offenders, accounting for more than 10% of all convictions. They were followed by company directors (4.7%), builders (3.5%), building contractors (3.2%), carpenters (3.1%) and plasterers (2.1%). Roscommon also makes headlines having the highest rate of offenders in the country! The RTE investigation also found that farmers came out
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