Ian Wilson, 61, was sentenced in January 2018 to eighteen months in prison for tax evasion including underpaying his tax and national insurance by understating his actual income. Cash of £110,000 was discovered at his home when HMRC raided him. … Continue reading
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Three tax fraudsters including a father and son have been jailed for 10 years for fraudulently claiming VAT on building new houses that never existed. Jamie Colwell, 51, Brian Colwell, 74 and Briony James, 45 fraudulently claimed to have spent … Continue reading
Russell Goodenough, 48 of Aberdeenshire has been jailed for 18 months for VAT fraud. Mr. Goodenough imported large quantities of scrap metal to the UK and sold to his customers with VAT but decided to pocket the £205,000 VAT charged … Continue reading
This tax investigation case came to us from a firm of accountants in London. The case involved a company having been liquidated and director’s loan having been offset. HMRC’s view was that the offset was a payment was subject to … Continue reading
A gang of 6 members including two unqualified accountants and an ex- HMRC officer have been jailed for 24 years for VAT fraud of ??2.4m after a prolonged 3 year VAT investigation. Susanne Green, an ex- HMRC officer provided insider … Continue reading
Christopher Humphrey of Worthing, West Sussex has been jailed for 18 months for tax fraud of ??85,000. He ran a public house and manipulated his till and sales records to provide inaccurate information to his accountants and also to HMRC. … Continue reading
Monir Miah of Stove, Staffordshire and owner of The Crown of India has been jailed for 2 years over a ??90,000 tax fraud. HMRC started a routine compliance check after some test purchases by undercover HMRC officers revealed that Mr … Continue reading
This client came to us from the South of England and was referred to our firm by their existing accountants. The client ran a restaurant and was being investigated by HMRC???s VAT and direct taxes teams. At the time we … Continue reading
Subsequent to the decision of the Supreme Court in??RFC 2012 plc (in liquidation) (formerly Rangers Football Club plc) v Advocate General for Scotland, HMRC are advising tax agents and accountants that they will be inviting users of disguised remuneration schemes … Continue reading
This case was referred to us from another accounting firm in London. The client had been under enquiry for almost 3 years before his accountants contacted us for assistance. The client was under significant stress as this tax enquiry was … Continue reading