{"id":245,"date":"2018-08-27T18:08:10","date_gmt":"2018-08-27T18:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.churchill-tax-investigation.co.uk\/news\/?p=245"},"modified":"2018-07-31T18:11:09","modified_gmt":"2018-07-31T18:11:09","slug":"woman-jailed-vat-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.churchill-tax-investigation.co.uk\/news\/index.php\/2018\/08\/27\/woman-jailed-vat-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman jailed for VAT fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Maureen Carpenter, aged 52 years, has been jailed for eighteen months after a prolonged investigation by HMRC revealed that she had been filing fraudulent VAT returns in relation to Maureen&#8217;s son&#8217;s company Booze Booze Booze Ltd. Her intention was to avoid the right VAT to HMRC and to pocket the amount saved. Maureen Carpenter was been ordered to ??250,000 within 3 months or having to face additional 3 years in jail and still owe the money. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mynewsdesk.com\/uk\/hm-revenue-customs-hmrc\/pressreleases\/blackpool-shopkeeper-must-repay-250000-pounds-in-stolen-tax-2591628\">Read more..<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maureen Carpenter, aged 52 years, has been jailed for eighteen months after a prolonged investigation by HMRC revealed that she had been filing fraudulent VAT returns in relation to Maureen&#8217;s son&#8217;s company Booze Booze Booze Ltd. 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