Dáil Éireann - Volume 361 - 23 October, 1985 - Written Answers.


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Dáil Éireann - Volume 361 - 23 October, 1985

Written Answers. - Betting Tax Evasion.

Tomás MacGiolla Tomás MacGiolla

131. Tomás MacGiolla asked the Minister for Finance the total number of licensed bookmakers convicted of betting tax evasion during 1984 and if he will state in respect of each person convicted (a) the total fine imposed and (b) the amount of the fine mitigated by him, if any.

Minister for Finance (Mr. Dukes) Alan Dukes

Minister for Finance (Mr. Dukes): I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that the number of licensed bookmakers convicted of betting duty evasion during 1984 was 31. The following table shows, in respect of each conviction, the amount of the fine imposed by the courts. It is not the practice to disclose particulars of mitigation granted by the commissioners for offenders.

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[115] TABLE

Conviction No.	Fine imposed
	£
1	800
2	250
3	625
4	22,750
5	2,500
6	2,875
7	625
8	2,500
9	8,000
10	1,500
11	1,125
12	12,000
13	12,500
14	16,875
15	3,250
16	125
17	5,500
18	7,875
19	4,400
20	400
21	7,600
22	2,800
23	1,875
24	35,000
25	56,000
26	400
27	250
28	400
29	3,750
30	3,750
31	1,200

Dáil Éireann 361 Written Answers. Betting Tax Evasion.

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