Irish influencer and OnlyFans star Matthew Gilbert has been named in the latest list of tax defaulters after reaching settlements of more than €350,000 with the tax authority towards the end of last year.
Mr Gilbert, who set up an OnlyFans account after his barber shop closed during the Covid-19 pandemic, has previously said he was earning as much as €50,000 per month on the platform.
The website allows users to charge followers a monthly fee for private and often explicit content.
Mr Gilbert, who refers to himself online as the “Irish Viking”, has said views for his bodybuilding videos on TikTok plunged after he set up his OnlyFans account.
The “online content creator”, as he described himself to Revenue, was found to have under-declared his income tax by €61,374. When interest and penalties were included, the total owed rose to €88,861.
Mr Gilbert enjoys a high profile on social media, where he has amassed more than 610,000 followers on TikTok, 501,000 followers on X, formerly Twitter, and 202,000 followers on Instagram.
Mr Gilbert, who has an address in Rathdrum in Co Wicklow, is behind the company Matty Irish Viking, which was also named on the list covering the final quarter of last year.
The company, which has an address on Dame Street in Dublin, was found to have under-declared corporation tax, PAYE, PRSI, USC and VAT to the tune of €191,464. When interest and penalties were included, the total owed by the company rose to €266,693.
In both cases, the money owed to Revenue has been paid in full.
Separately, high profile developer Greg Kavanagh, who is from Arklow, Co Wicklow, reached a settlement worth more than €500,000 for his company Fofo Investment, which was set up in 2005.
The company, with an address in Dublin 4, was the subject of a Revenue investigation for under-declaration of corporation tax and VAT. The company owed tax of €315,526, and its total liability rose to €541,306 when interest and penalties were included.
The full amount remains unpaid.
Meanwhile, Dayton Investments, a horse breeder whose owner Vincent Barrett bred State Man – the winner of the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham last year – has fully paid a settlement totalling €134,202 following an under-declaration of corporation tax.
Also named was company director Marcus Treacy, who is a trustee of Muckross House in Killarney as well as a landlord. He has fully paid a settlement of €102,164 for under-declaration of income tax.
Andrew Kelliher, a director of Balmoral International Land, the previously-listed property business spun out of Fyffes and controlled by the McCann family, has also paid up a settlement totalling €85,012 for under-declaration of income tax.
Meanwhile, David O’Neill and Suzanne O’Neill, both with addresses in Blackrock, Co Cork, paid settlements of €81,470 and €97,033 respectively, for under-declaration of income tax.
Both are directors at Dansko Foods, the international dairy commodities trader which reported turnover of €46 million in 2023.
Elsewhere, Kieran Corbett, with an address in the United States has fully paid a settlement of €209,200 for under-declaration of income tax. He is a director of investment group CBT Capital and also of Ballsbridge-based recruitment group Linear Search.
Revenue settled 28 cases of tax default totalling €6.9 million. Just over €3 million remains unpaid.
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