{"id":339321,"date":"2026-03-10T20:11:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T20:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/339321\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T20:11:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T20:11:07","slug":"company-directors-and-landlords-dominate-latest-tax-defaulters-list-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/339321\/","title":{"rendered":"Company directors and landlords dominate latest tax defaulters\u2019 list \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eight company directors, four landlords, an e-scooter entrepreneur, a crypto currency investor and a former undertaker made tax settlements with Revenue totalling \u20ac7.9 million in the final three months of last year.<\/p>\n

Dublin-based manufacturer and installer of air-conditioning systems Air Force H & V Limited made the largest settlement on the Revenue\u2019s latest tax defaulters\u2019 list.<\/p>\n

The company which has an address in Tallaght made a settlement of \u20ac2.2 million relating to an income tax and VAT liability <\/p>\n

The business, which is now in liquidation, owed \u20ac1.3 million for the under-declaration of taxes including PAYE, PRSI, USC and VAT plus an additional \u20ac333,472 in interest and \u20ac576,101 in penalties.<\/p>\n

Some \u20ac1.8 million of its tax bill remains outstanding, Revenue<\/a> said.<\/p>\n

The next largest settlement was made by Dublin lighting consultant Pro-Light Design and Technology Ltd which made a \u20ac1.1 million settlement relating to the under-declaration of corporation tax and VAT.<\/p>\n

The Sandyford-based group was said to owe the tax authority \u20ac698,279 in unpaid taxes plus \u20ac95,749 in interest and \u20ac331,489 in penalties.<\/p>\n

All but \u20ac22,000 remains outstanding.<\/p>\n

A total of 25 settlements with a combined value of \u20ac7.9 million were included on the latest list. <\/p>\n

E-scooter entrepreneur Runo Dortie who has an address in Rotterdam in the Netherlands made a settlement for almost \u20ac130,000 for the non-declaration of capital gains tax and VAT and the under-declaration of income tax.<\/p>\n

His liability related to his Eirescooters Ireland business which was originally set up in Navan, Co Meath in 2020.<\/p>\n

Desmond O\u2019Keefe with an address in Killorglin, Co Kerry and listed as a crypto currency investor made a settlement for \u20ac155,030 for the under-declaration of capital gains tax.<\/p>\n

Anthony McMahon, a former undertaker, with an address in Ardnacrusha, Co Clare, meanwhile, made a settlement of \u20ac272,594 relating to income tax.<\/p>\n

Bartle Masterson with an address in Oldcastle, Co Meath who is listed as a service station operator trading as Millbrook Motors made a settlement for \u20ac538,964 for the non-declaration of income tax. The total comprised a tax liability of \u20ac293,196 plus interest and penalties of \u20ac79,880 and \u20ac165,888 respectively.<\/p>\n

Company director Alex Stafford with an address of Corraun House, 18 The Crescent, Co Limerick made a settlement of \u20ac461,973 for the under-declaration of income tax.<\/p>\n

This comprised a tax liability of \u20ac259,918 plus interest and penalties of \u20ac124,080 and \u20ac77,975 respectively.<\/p>\n

Stafford is a director of Limerick-based Medical Diagnostic Ultrasound Limited which recorded a shareholders\u2019 deficit of \u20ac131,000 in 2024, according to its latest filing.<\/p>\n

William Kelly with an address in Johnstown Bridge, Enfield, Co Kildare and listed as a PAYE employee made a settlement of \u20ac494,350 for the non-declaration of VAT.<\/p>\n

Company director and landlord John Levins with an address of Platin Road, Drogheda, Co Louth made a settlement of \u20ac296,033 for the non-declaration of capital gains tax.<\/p>\n

In a statement accompanying the latest list, Revenue noted that the published settlements reflect only a portion of all Revenue compliance interventions. <\/p>\n

\u201cIn the three-month period to December 31st, 2025, a total of 18,689 Revenue Compliance Interventions were settled resulting in a total yield of \u20ac301,135,215,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eight company directors, four landlords, an e-scooter entrepreneur, a crypto currency investor and a former undertaker made tax…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":339322,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,61,60,11522,5066],"class_list":["post-339321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-revenue-commissioners","tag-tax"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339321\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/339322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}