A grocer from Shercock, Co Cavan made a €660,263 tax settlement after his affairs were investigated as part of the ongoing Revenue Commissioners' National Irish Bank (NIB) inquiry.
Mr Joseph Mulligan paid interest and penalties of €417,821 on underdeclared income tax of €242,442. His case is one of 72 listed in the latest issue of Iris Oifigiúil.
The total value of the settlements listed is €7.29 million and the list includes the first identified settlement arising out of the Ansbacher inquiry and the first identified settlement arising out of the Revenue's inquiries into bogus non-resident accounts.
The list includes 20 settlements for in excess of €100,000. It includes seven settlements arising out of the Revenue's ongoing NIB inquiries. A substantial number of settlements arising out of the bogus non-resident accounts inquiry is expected over the coming year.
A second list in the publication, of persons who failed to make income tax returns, includes Mr Ciaran Haughey, of Kinsealy, Co Dublin, who was fined €475, and singer Ms Dolores Keane, of Caherlistrane, Co Galway, who was fined €317.
The Ansbacher case involved the late Augustine Francis Eastwood, of Colpe East, Drogheda, Co Louth. Mr Eastwood was identified in the Ansbacher inspectors' report as a major dealer in scrap metal who, when he sold his Belfast scrap yard, established three trusts of which Ansbacher was the trustee.
According to Iris Oifigiúil, he made a settlement of €330,971, with €190,460 of that being interest and penalties.
The bogus non-resident account case involved Mr David Lawlor, a shuttering contractor from Dunlavin, Co Wicklow, who made a settlement of €12,744.
A recruitment agency, Global Nursing Services Ltd, with an address in St Helier, Jersey, made a settlement of €571,382, of which €210,141 was interest and penalties. The case involved underdeclaration of Corporation Tax and PAYE.
Mr Tin Yau Shek, a takeaway operator from Viewmount, Waterford, made a settlement of €566,335, of which €323,309 was interest and penalties. The settlement related to underdeclared income tax, VAT and PAYE.
A monumental sculptor from Lanesboro, Co Longford, Mr Laurence Leavy, made a settlement of €497,020. His case came to light as part of the Revenue's NIB inquiry.
A clothing retailer, Mr Fergus Murray, from The Dunes, Portmarnock, Co Dublin, made a settlement of €380,868 arising out of underdeclared income tax and VAT.
Aidary Ltd, a bookshop from Backhouse Centre, Clanbrassil St, Dundalk, Co Louth, made a settlement of €331,656 arising from underdeclared Corporation Tax, VAT and PAYE.
A security services consultant, PJ Kelly, of Orwell Park View, Templeogue, Dublin 6W, made a settlement of €287,984 arising out of underdeclared income tax and PAYE. Mr Kelly was convicted recently of furnishing incorrect information in relation to income tax. He was fined €1,270 and given a six-month jail sentence, which was suspended.
