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Jail for tax fraudsters for failing to pay over PAYE deducted and false VAT claims for tax and VAT enquiry

Donna Howard and Michael Howard from Scotland have been sentenced to prison for 6 years and 9 months for tax fraud. They failed to pay over the PAYE deducted from Michael Howard???s employees had not been paid over to HMRC. … Continue reading

First Tier, Upper Tribunal and Court of Appeal Cases

Phipps (trading as Ocean Tilers) [2018] TC 06236 The First-tier Tribunal (FTT) partly allowed a taxpayer???s appeal against late filing penalties, finding that the taxpayer???s reliance on his accountant provided him with a reasonable excuse for the initial failures to … Continue reading

Company director jailed for tax fraud following a routine tax investigation

Sanjay Swaminarayan, a company director from North London has been sentenced for 21 months for a ??190k tax fraud. He failed to file tax returns for his company for a number of years and upon a tax investigation from HMRC, … Continue reading

HMRC???s stance on disguised remuneration tax avoidance schemes following the Supreme Court???s decision in Ranger Football Club

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

Prolonged HMRC tax investigation closed

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

VAT Scam and VAT Investigations

HMRC???s VAT Investigation unit will uncover all kinds of elaborate schemes to avoid paying tax. As a result of a high value VAT scam, a fraudster has to repay ??3.3 million which was stolen from the HMRC in tax. His … Continue reading

HMRC Tax Fraud Investigation

Every month Churchill Tax cover a range of stories based on HMRC tax fraud investigation, educating our readers on the lasting consequences of committing offences. The subject of this article is a former Magistrate and his brother who committed tax … Continue reading

Security Company boss jailed for tax fraud

HMRC has put behind bars Kevin McKay for four years after he was caught not having paid over £419,000 in taxes. Kevin McKay was the director of IPPS Ltd providing personal security services to the wealthy. HMRC tax investigation team … Continue reading