Churchill Tax Investigation

Jonathan Benjamin Schofield, 32, a boss of a security company, has been jailed for three years after being involved in tax fraud of almost £500,000. He cheated the HMRC by underpaying VAT, income tax and national insurance. During the tax … Continue reading →

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 →

This case was referred to us from another accounting firm in London. The client had been under enquiry for some time for undeclared income relating to the main business. HMRC’s focus was that the business had undeclared sales and that … Continue reading →

The First Tier Tribunal has decided that value added tax was due on crowdfunding payments at the time the main company issued single purpose face value tenders/ vouchers to the financial backers involved in the arrangement.

The First Tier Tribunal has dismissed a taxpayer’s appeals against HMRCʼs decision to require security for liabilities in relation to VAT, PAYE and NICs. The Tribunal found that HMRCʼs decisions to require the security in relation to the tax outstanding … Continue reading →

The First Tier Tribunal has allowed a taxpayerʼs appeal against HMRC’s late filing penalties. The Tribunal found that the tax returns were issued to collect tax already calculated and ‘assessed’ by the tax payer’s P800s and were not for the … Continue reading →

The First Tier Tribunal has allowed a taxpayer’s appeal against HMRC’s discovery assessments. The Tribunal discovered that HMRC had made a discovery in relation to the taxpayer’s use of a tax avoidance scheme, as there was no insufficiency of disclosure … Continue reading →

Aquil Ahmed, an accountant, and Victor Shearer,  director of a development company have been jailed for different forms of tax fraud involving VAT, PAYE and income tax totalling to £6.9 million. They have been ordered to pay back more than … Continue reading →

Billa Dhand, 56, of Southall in London has been sentenced for seven years for VAT fraud of £153,000. Mr. Dhand was the director of Dysan Fresh Ltd and supplied fruit and vegetables to be processed for the UK’s large supermarket … Continue reading →

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 →