Landlord was not entitled to any reduction in return for co-operation with major tax inquiry, Revenue tells High Court
The investigation into Paul Howard’s affairs began in 2009 when an email was sent to the Revenue’s 'Good Citizen' evasion reporting system. Photograph: Padraig O’Reilly
Mr Howard, and his partner, Una McClean, of Larkfield Avenue, Harold’s Cross, Dublin, built up a property portfolio in mostly north inner city Dublin during the boom years, were involved in property development in Turkey and ran a launderette, Clean City, on Talbot Street. “There was no evidence that any of the derived income from the rental property was lodged into any bank account,” the commission said.“The rent payments are made by two methods,” the email said. “The tenants leave the collective rent in an envelope in their respective apartments in the kitchen and Mr Howard lets himself in at the start of each month and personally picks it up, usually when the tenants are not present.
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