Can’t understand why government did not intervene looks like you need to be a large multinational foreign company before government give you the time of day

My guess is that’s there is much more to this than we are reading here….

There is more to this story that what is out there. Target owners are taking advantage of the fact that revenue do not comment on individual cases by putting a spin out there.

From working for a large accountancy practice with the revenue(with their large cases division / small town division and collections divisions) for 15 years my experience of revenue is that they are very reasonable and fair to deal with and only as a last resort do they move like they did here. there must be a long history of non tax compliance from Target.

It’s shocking what’s happening in this country. Government needs to take its head out of its ass.
Best of luck to these workers

I agree with Gagsy, we’re only hearing one side of the story as Revenue can’t discuss individual cases with the media. If the company is doing as well as the owner claimed on Newstalk this morning, then why not pay his taxes on time and in full? It needn’t have got to this point if they had done that. It’s sad for the employees sure but then again if it was revealed that Revenue was letting people evade tax and not pursuing them over it then I’m pretty certain people would be complaining about that too – you can’t have it both ways.

it’ll cost the country ten times more to keep these people on the dole than what was owed! 300k v’s 3million.beggers belief

Lets not forget that Revenue are unable to comment and Seamus McBrien (a member of the Sean Quinn support Concerned Business something or other) could be talking out of his fundamental orifice.

Nevertheless, a sad day for those employed there.

Occupation is becoming a regular thing in Cork, aside from the actual occupy movement we’ve seen the Vita Cortex, Game shop and other places occupied in the county.

Best of luck to the workers

This is a disgrace to say the least. I’m sorry but for the revenue to put 390 people as it stands on the dole queue for 80k, that would be payed 2 days later is a travesty .
Granted there’s probably more to the revenues case but still and all to put 390 people on social welfare is wrong .
Outside of the money owed to revenue the cost to the state(the Irish tax payer) will amount to €3.8million for a full year at basic welfare payments.

Another 400 on the Dole, plus about 1,000 of them being family members. Boys with art degrees in Revenue, what a shower of clowns running Ireland!

Wish then all the best. Probably took this for the right questions to be asked as to why they did not agree to the payment plan proposed.

It’s thought to see more people pushed onto the dole. I wish them well.

Lots of companies seem to use it as such but tax isn’t an overdraft facility.

Does anyone here castigating the Revenue/government have any actul information on how the company came to this unfortunate state other than what the company boss has said? I listened to him this morning and I thought he was quite evasive about the specifics of how much he owed, for how long, and why.

My understanding is that the Revenue will not act precipitiously if there is a good chance of receovering the tax.
But utlimaately their job is to collect tax. They don’t have a mandate or the power to decide on whether government should invest in specifically troubled companies (which is basically what ‘facilitating’ the company would have been).
Would you lend this company your savings? If the Revenue don’t collect whats due then they are lending your money to the company.

owner of this company has been bankrupt on two previous occasions. check out Celtic Freight. Would not take his word for gospel and the Revenue would not close such a substantial outfit over 80k of late payments. load of BS from McBrien.

Should be ‘tough’. Bloody phone

Wonder what the comments would be if company went bankrupt owing revenue this money. Revenue are there to collect tax. We may not like paying it but two sure bets in life– tax and death.

Sorry for all those who are loosing their jobs.
If Target are going out of business over a revenue bill, the chances are that the company was on its last legs anyway. 300,000 will pay 15 full timers for a year, presuming that not a single truck moves off the loading bay.
Targets only hope now is a buyout, and that’s not the Revenues fault.

This is what happens when companies work for nothing like most of the haulage industry,workers suffer and wages are cut an eventually people lose jobs, blame it on diesel costs etc everybody stick together and people might make money.

Can someone explain to my why Target hadn’t paid their tax in the first instance??

Katie Taylor wins a gold and the government are all over the media like a rash 400 people lose their jobs and no one around for a comment ? Talk about pushing the self destruct buttonWhy would anyone set up a new company in this country?

Wouldn’t be surprised to see Fed X or some other multinational move in to take up the slack.

mr mcbrien very fast to put the spin on the revenue …he has been on every radio station in the country telling his side of the story yet he hadnt the decency to meet with his employees or engage with them its a sad state of affairs for workers to hear about their jobs being lost on the news that is a complete disgrace …share holders funds stand at 7,3 million and yet the workers wont see a cent of this neitheir will the leasing companies diesel suppliers or the tyre suppliers how many more people will this effect and he the company can and will walk away this is a complete disgrace to leave your employees at the side of the road 17 weeks till christmas shame on all concerned

vat should just be resting in your account.

so typical of d irish government.
..sure just put anoda 400 on d dole. the whole country should revolt. property tax, increase income tax,fuel tax, water rates etc etc. soon der will be a tax on oxygen so no breathin allowed. makes me sick

“In a statement, Revenue said that, in general, cases are referred for enforcement where a taxpayer or business has failed to comply with the obligation to pay tax and where there are no satisfactory proposals towards addressing the debt.” rte.ie. I can’t understand why a proposal to pay €80,000 on a Friday instead of a Wednesday was not a “satisfactory proposal”.

how could the gubberment let this happen its an absolute disgrace, the revenue shiuld be ashamed of themselves putting a company out of business and 400 people on the dole over a relatively small amount if money,its playing into the hands of scab employers like stobarts 50 hrs a week for mininum wage

Perhaps the tax payer should pay the bill for him they are paying all the bills that the banks are pushing on them this country is a joke no one wants to pay , let it all fall back to the tax payer if you do not believe me look at m. wallace walk away walk on pay 40,000 a year he will have to live forever some joke , the joke is on the people.

Revenue have said, they are not a lender of last resort. Arrogant bunch aren’t they, can’t be seen as soft and must be tough to the point of Bankruptcy! Imagine how it’ll be with the property tax, we must make a stand and all of us.From public to private sector, road sweeper to Ceo’s. This Hitlerism, has to end and fast! Get the Blueshirts and redheads out, fast and no sooner!

Good news for the smaller delivery companies. I always preferred fastway

Absolute Jim