Eight settlements in excess of €1 million are on the latest list of tax defaulters including a settlement for €9.5 million from a Dublin company, the largest settlement ever published.
The 170 published settlements, for the period April to June 2005, involve a total of €39.54 million.
Of the 170 settlements, 11 are for amounts exceeding €500,000 and eight exceed €1 million. More than half - 97 - arise from bogus non-resident accounts.
The list includes two substantial Ansbacher case settlements, each for in excess of €3 million.
It also includes 21 settlements totalling €3 million and arising from the Revenue's offshore assets inquiry.
The published settlements are non-voluntary settlements that are above certain thresholds. The total yield from the Revenue's audit and investigation programme in the period was €135.1 million.
The largest settlement by far was by Leslie Reynolds & Co Ltd, East Wall Road, Dublin 3. The company is involved in the sale and distribution of engineering components and made a settlement of €9.5 million. Its owner, Leslie Reynolds, of Offington Lawn, Sutton, Dublin 13, made a €400,000 settlement.
The two Ansbacher settlements were by the late James Murray, company director, of Coast Road, Mornington, Co Meath, and Thomas Clifford, of the Kerries, Tralee, Co Kerry.
Patrick Brady, Lakefield, Gort, Co Galway, a cattle dealer and farmer, made a €3.39 million settlement. A bogus non-resident account case, it involved tax of €957,468 and interest and penalties of €2.4 million.
The late Brendan O'Neill, a grocer, of Ballyduff, Tralee, Co Kerry, made a €1.33 million settlement arising from a bogus non-resident account. The amount of tax involved was €491,052.
Martin Canny, a dentist, of 14 Richview Office Park, Clonskeagh, Dublin 14, made a settlement of €1 million arising from a bogus non-resident account. It involved tax of €333,291 and interest and penalties of €685,795.
Michael Coleman, a company director, of Coolflugh, Kerry Road, Blarney, Co Cork, made a settlement of €1 million arising from a bogus non-resident account. The tax involved was €367,943.
Patrick McDermottroe, a draper of Carrick Road, Boyle, Co Roscommon, made a €1 million settlement arising from an offfshore assets case. The tax involved was €271,784.
William Walsh, a grocer, and petrol retailer, of Castle Street, Roscommon, made a settlement of €917,531 arising from a bogus non-resident account. The amount of tax involved was €307,094. A hotelier from Main Street, Cashel, Co Tipperary, made a €725,000 settlement.
Séamus Cummins made the settlement arising from a bogus non-resident account case. The tax involved was €163,410.
Thomas Hickey, a butcher and grocer of Olivemont Terrace, Windy Harbour, Dublin 14, made a €636,730 settlement arising from a bogus non-resident account case. The settlement included tax of €166,056.
A fish supplier, Atlantis Seafoods, Wexford Ltd, of Kerlogue Industrial Estate, Wexford, made a €462,167 settlement.
The case involved the underdeclaration of corporation tax, Vat and PAYE/PRSI. The tax involved was €220,552 and the interest and penalties were €241,615.
Hotelier Michael Lynham, of Laragh, Co Wicklow, made a €328,000 settlement arising from a Revenue audit.
The case involved the underdeclaration of corporation tax, Vat and PAYE/PRSI. The tax involved was €207,205.
Food wholesaler John Peoples, of Hillside Rise, Mount Falcon, Ballina, Co Mayo, made a €248,525 settlement.
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