Spokesperson Maura Harrington said: "Under Ireland's dysfunctional licensing terms, corporation tax is the only means the State uses to extract revenue from gas or oil found under Irish territory. Today's revelation that Vermilion is using a Luxembourg tax avoidance deal to reduce its tax bill in Ireland raises serious questions for Minister Alex White and the Government."
"The 'Luxleaks' disclosure confirms what campaigners and others have warned about for many years – that creative accounting means the revenue earned from a gas field such as Corrib will be only a tiny fraction of the revenue these multinationals generate for their private and out-of-state shareholders.
Ms Harrington continued "Shell, Statoil and Vermilion plan to sell the gas from this Irish gas field to Irish consumers at the international market rate, and will then use complex tax structures such as those involving Luxembourg to move their profits around the world and ensure the Irish people see little or none of the revenue."
Former Managing Director of the Corrib Gas project, Brian O’Cathain previously stated in 2010 “That Corrib will never pay tax”.
http://shelltosea.com/content/news-release-vermilions-l...-much
Links/References
Corrib gas partner using Luxembourg deal to reduce tax bill - Colm Keena - Irish Times - 7/11/14
http://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/corrib-gas-p...91553
Making a Killing: Oil Companies, Tax Avoidance and Subsidies - Platform London
http://platformlondon.org/p-publications/making-a-killi...idies
Corrib 'will never pay tax' says project's former MD - News Release – Dublin Shell to Sea
http://www.shelltosea.com/content/news-release-corrib-w...er-md
See also earlier news release:
Corrib gas partner using Luxembourg deal to reduce tax bill
http://shelltosea.com/content/corrib-gas-partner-using-...-bill