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Former property developer jailed for one year for failing to pay over €1.5 million in tax
Summary
Alan Miller, 68, a former property developer, was sentenced to one year in prison for failing to file VAT, income tax and capital gains tax returns between 2003 and 2009, and for filing incorrect returns. He pleaded guilty to six counts. The court noted he owed €1,564,081 to the State, comprising €1,427,063 in income tax, €56,492 in capital gains tax, and €80,526 in VAT, all with interest. Judge Mary Ellen Ring suspended the last two years of a three‑year sentence, citing his serious illnesses, including prostate, lung and skin cancer, suspected brain cancer, gout and depression, and his refusal of medication for depression. Miller had no income or assets, was denied a State pension, and his family home was foreclosed. He had previously been fined for tax offences in the 1990s. The court heard he had been active in the Jewish community, receiving a Helping Hand Award, and had attempted suicide twice.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Former property developer jailed for one year for failing to pay over €1.5 million in tax. Charges or matters: six counts of failing to file returns for VAT, income tax and capital gains tax, and also filing incorrect tax returns, on dates between 2003 and 2009. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- December 2012 Other
- 2003 and 2009 Other
- 1993 and 1998 Other
- 2003 and 2006 Other
- 2003 to 2006 Other
- 2006 and 2009 Other
- 2015-01-30 Publication
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Defendant
Charges: six counts of failing to file returns for VAT, income tax and capital gains tax, and also filing incorrect tax returns, on dates between 2003 and 2009 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Judge Mary Ellen Ring suspended the last two years of a three year prison sentence. Mr McGinn said the solicitor was struck off the register in 2008 by the Law Society following a number of complaints, and was later sentenced to two years in prison in 2012 for stealing €1.6 million of a client's money.
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