2024-06-11 · Dublin
IT consultant who failed to pay €180k in VAT sent to jail after suspended sentence deemed too lenient
Clive Gargan, 48, an IT consultant, was jailed for 12 months after the Court of Appeal quashed a fully suspended three‑year sentence it deemed too lenient for failing to pay €180,623.51 in VAT over seven years. He had been charged with 84 VAT‑related offences, including 42 counts of failing to deliver VAT returns and 42 counts of failing to pay…