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Property developer facing jail if he does not come to settlement with Revenue
Summary
James Jordan, a 51‑year‑old property developer from Castleknock, pleaded guilty in Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to knowingly submitting 16 incorrect VAT returns, six incorrect income‑tax returns, four incorrect invoices and three false claims of income‑tax relief. He owes more than €1 million in unpaid taxes and penalties, including €162,945 in VAT, €297,974 in capital‑gains tax and €775,962 in interest and penalties, totalling €1,236,881. The case was scheduled for sentencing on 20 November but Judge Sinéad Ní Chúlacháin adjourned it to 18 January to allow Revenue to assess a settlement offer. The judge warned that failure to reach an agreement could result in a custodial sentence, noting a potential headline term of two and a half years, subject to a 20 % reduction for mitigating factors. She also ordered a report on Jordan's suitability for community service.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Property developer facing jail if he does not come to settlement with Revenue. Charges or matters: knowingly and wilfully submitting 16 incorrect VAT returns, six incorrect income tax returns, four incorrect invoices and three false claims of income tax relief. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- January 18 Adjournment
- 2004 and 2010 Other
- 2018-11-20 Publication
Why: Judge Ní Chúlacháin noted that Jordan had failed to pay tax on rental income and had waived a tax exemption on this income which he was entitled to in order to offset it elsewhere. CNI source report
Case subjects
Defendant
Charges: knowingly and wilfully submitting 16 incorrect VAT returns, six incorrect income tax returns, four incorrect invoices and three false claims of income tax relief (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: The case was listed for sentence today but Judge Sinéad Ní Chúlacháin adjourned it to January 18 next to allow Revenue time to assess a settlement offer made by Jordan. He also said that if Jordan was jailed there would be "no hope" of him paying the money back.; The case was listed for sentence today but Judge Sinéad Ní Chúlacháin adjourned it to January 18 next to allow Revenue time to assess a settlement offer made by Jordan.
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