A 36 year old Tulla man has been sent forward for trial on charges of VAT offences totalling over one and a half million euro.
Derek Floyd of Lower Main Street, Tulla, is facing a total of 41 charges relating to alleged VAT offences from a period between March 2001 and January 2004.
At Killaloe District Court yesterday Ursula O’Neill, Assistant Principal in Customs and Investigations with the Revenue Commissions, served Mr Floyd with the remaining volumes of the Book of Evidence in the case.
The charges include claiming repayments of VAT which he was not entitled to, failure to remit VAT payments and delivering incorrect VAT returns.
Defence solicitor Daragh McCarthy said his client had appeared in court without failure in relation to this case "almost a dozen times" prior to the current appearance
Mr McCarthy applied for legal aid on behalf of his client whom the court heard is not working and has no income.
Judge Joseph Mangan remanded Mr Floyd on bail and issued him with the alibi warning which means he most notify the State within 14 days if he intends calling any alibi witnesses.
The trial was sent forward to the next sitting of Ennis Circuit Court on the 20th October.
