14th Dec 2015 06:58
LONDON (Alliance News) - Probes being conducted into the use of agency pilots by Irish budget carrier Ryanair Holdings PLC are intensifying in Europe as the UK seeks payment of GBP47.0 million in allegedly unpaid taxes and social insurance from Brookfield Aviation, The Sunday Times reported.
Brookfield, the largest supplier of pilots to Ryanair, has seen its owners accused in a court in Germany of "an especially serious case of tax evasion". German authorities claim Brookfield was responsible for processing the monthly pay for 1,600 pilots and around 300 Irish companies administered by trustees.
According to Wolfgang Bohnen, a prosecutor in Koblenz in Germany, where the case against Brookfield has been filed, these companies "mainly serve to conceal an employment relationship with Ryanair".
http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/ireland/article1644356.ece?CMP=OTH-gnws-standard-2015_12_12
By Sam Unsted; [email protected]; @SamUAtAlliance
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