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¿how much did CJH ever say about 3rd world poverty?
How many taxi plates do you own John? How many rented properties do you own? How much tax did the government catch you for.... was it £200,000? (as resported in the Sunday Business Post)
You thieving little conniver.
According to a previous indymedia posting it was only in the region of 100K:
Three taxi plate holders have agreed tax settlements totalling almost £150,000 for undeclared income and Vat, following an investigation by the Revenue Commissioners.
The single largest settlement for £108,684, including interest and penalties, was by John McDermott of 56 Martin Savage Park, Ashtown, Dublin. His occupation is listed in Iris Oifigiuil as "taxi/landlord". (Sunday Business Post 2002)
Seems like a lot of erronous data being tossed about re my humble sins of yesteryear !(a few Soldiers of Destiny about -no doubt.!)
However the full accurate facts have happilybeen availible on my web site since its creation-including accurate details about compensatory payments to Bertie for my misdeeds.!
Check under the item "Taxi taxi" for the whole exciting story of corruption in Drumcondra-Bertie,s own lair.!
The Moriarty tribunal yesterday, wanted to know about contacts arranged by the then Taoiseach Charlie Haughey, between Ben Dunne and Seamus Pairceir, who retired in 1987 as Chairman of the Revenue Commissioners. !!
It is believed that tribunal investigators stumbled across a meeting sometime in the mid-1980s between Mr Dunne and Mr Pairceir as part of a protracted trawl though archives at the Revenue Commissioners.
At the time they met, Ben Dunne, who was running Dunnes Stores, was worried about a potential €30m tax bill if the family trust was broken up and in March 1985, he decided to postpone the vesting of the trust.
The Dunnes trust had been set up in 1964 for 21 years and in 1985 the trustees decided to extend it for a further 21 years.
Subsequently, a deed of appointment was granted to four trustees: Noel Fox, Frank Bowen, Bernard Uniacke and Edward Montgomery.
The trustees had the power to distribute the assets at anytime they chose but if they didn't, the assets couldn't be passed to the five Dunne siblings.
The Revenue Commissioners contested the extension of the trust and sent the Dunnes a tax demand for €30m. In 1988, the Appeals Commissioners dismissed the tax bill after a three-day hearing.
Those familiar with the details of the Dunnes case in the Revenue were said to be "surprised" that the Revenue didn't appeal the case to the High Court. "There were very complex matters in law," said one source. "There was a lot of money involved and it was usual then for the Revenue to appeal on a point of law to the High Court and I'm surprised it was decided not to pursue the Dunnes case despite the complex points of law."
Later, Ben Dunne claimed the trust was a sham, that family members ignored the conditions of the trust and used its assets as they saw fit.
Back in 1997, the McCracken Tribunal heard about a another meeting arranged by Mr Haughey in 1988 between Ben Dunne and another former chairman of the Revenue Commissioners, Philip Curran, where the €30m tax bill was raised.
Mr Justice McCracken found that nothing wrong, improper or untoward arose from the meeting between Ben Dunne and Mr Curran.
However, the McCracken Tribunal knew nothing of the meting between Ben Dunne and Seamus Pairceir and today its successor, the Moriarty Tribunal will investigate the meeting and publicly question both men.
Mr Pairceir has already given evidence to the Moriarty Tribunal about Mr Haughey's tax affairs and his involvement as a Revenue Official in matters concerning them.
After he retired from the Revenue in 1987, Mr Pairceir became chairman of the Customs House Docks Development Authority but resigned in 1991 after the then Taoiseach, Charles Haughey, said he should "step aside" while an investigation into the sale of the Johnson, Mooney and O'Brien site in Ballsbridge.
Mr Pairceir was a director of United Property Holdings, the company that bought the JMO'B site and sold it on before it was ultimately purchased by Telecom Eireann.
Today is also the first time the Moriarty Tribunal, will sit in public since March 2004 when it rose for the Easter break. It was set up in 1997 to investigate payments made to Charles Haughey and Michael Lowry and whether the politicians did any favours in return for any money they received.