Donegal has made it into the top three of tax defaulters in the country.
Monaghan, Wexford and Donegal have the highest per-capita number of tax defaulters, analysis of Revenue data over a five-year period has found.
Monaghan recorded the highest number of tax defaulters between the start of 2008 and the end of 2012, with 1.19 cases for every 1,000 adults living in the county.
This compared to a national average of just 0.55 cases per 1,000 adults over the period.
The county also paid the highest amount in tax interest and penalties at €314 per head of adult population within those five years.
Wexford and Donegal had the next highest number of tax default cases with 0.96 and 0.94 cases per 1,000 of their adult populations respectively.
In Wexford, the average tax default per adult stood at €218, while in Donegal the average liability per head of adult population stood at €204.
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