Tax specialists Kilkenny-based Taxback.com has been bestowed the prestigious title of RSM International Entrepreneur of the Year in the HSBC European Business Awards Taxback.com fought off tough competition to triumph in the 2010 HSBC European Business Awards this week. Taxback.com is the brainchild of Terry Clune who established the business in Kilkenny in 1996.
As the winner of the International Entrepreneur of the Year Taxback.com was the only Irish company to qualify, and subsequently won this celebrated award among a group of 100 companies which gathered in Paris yesterday for the final stage of judging.
“We are delighted to receive such strong recognition on the European stage,” said Fidelma McGuirk, managing director of taxback.com “To win a European Business award is a testament to the success of our client-focused approach to international business expansion. Our objective is to satisfy the increasing tax and foreign exchange needs people have in doing business abroad — either working themselves across countries or representing their corporate employers.” Taxback.com, which provides international taxation and foreign exchange services for clients in more than 200 countries, has undergone immense growth since its establishment in Dublin in 1996.
Despite the global economic downturn, taxback.com has a forecasted turnover of €150m for 2010, reflecting 35 per cent growth across the company.
