Dean O’Reilly jailed for failing to remit VAT

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Dean O’Reilly was jailed for 18 months at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for failing to remit VAT, as reported on 29 June 2015. He owed Revenue €246,206 in unpaid VAT, income tax, penalties and interest, according to evidence cited in the report.

The court was told that O’Reilly had made no VAT returns since 1995 and no income tax returns since 1994. He had admitted during interview that he had not managed his accounts properly and had co-operated with the investigation. Judge Martin Nolan said the unpaid amounts might be viewed as modest but that O’Reilly had neglected and ignored his obligations to Revenue.