Importer jailed for tax fraud

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

Accountant jailed after tax investigation

David Price, 68 of Derby, and a bookkeeper who lied about being a qualified accountant and stole £143,957 through cleverly planned tax fraud has been jailed. Mr. Price was having an extra marital affair with a lady in Canada and … Continue reading

Free Tax Seminar – Friday 23 Feb 2018 – 6pm

Churchill Tax will be hosting another free tax seminar on Friday 23rd February 2018 at Double Tree Hilton, Holborn, London. The seminar will start at 6pm and finish at around 7:45pm. The following topics will be covered by our speakers: 1-    2017 … Continue reading

Complex Tax Investigation closed

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

Gang including HMRC officer and two accountants jailed for tax fraud

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

Jail for pub owner for manipulating till records

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

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

Tax Seminar ??? 22 February 2018

Churchill Tax will be hosting another free tax seminar on 22nd February 2018 at Double Tree Hilton, Holborn, London. The seminar will start at 5pm and finish at around 7:30pm. The following topics will be covered by our speakers: 1-?????? … Continue reading