Naming and shaming extended by HMRC

People involved in transactions connected with VAT fraud, as well as the deliberate tax defaulters

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In addition to the latest 92 deliberate tax defaulters added to the published list, as at 17 June 2021, at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/publishing-details-of-deliber... ... with some interesting names - Cocoon Wealth LLP, The Tax Repayment Agency Ltd, Inbrella Limited (formerly known as Anderson Accounts Services Limited) ... there is now a new list for:

People involved in transactions connected with VAT fraud - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/people-involved-in-transactio...

This first list only has 3 companies (in not unexpected lines of work), but the penalties are substantial.  More importantly, this is evidence of a new focus in this area now that the post-Brexit rules have supposedly settled down ... and is rumoured to be a precursor to a similar approach for covid-related grants of all types.

So ... not really a question, just a heads-up over the (unsurprising) direction of travel with an unsustainable level of Treasury debt.

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By Paul Crowley
18th Jun 2021 14:59

Good to see so many EU countries represented.

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By Hugo Fair
18th Jun 2021 15:16

The 2nd URL seems to have become garbled by this site - it should read in full (but without the pair of double-quotes):
"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/people-involved-in-transactio..."

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By Justin Bryant
18th Jun 2021 16:16

The only people who give a monkey's about being on that list are famous people (not called John Smith etc.) and regulated professionals etc., so it's mostly a waste of time & effort.

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By David Ex
18th Jun 2021 19:13

Justin Bryant wrote:

The only people who give a monkey's about being on that list are famous people (not called John Smith etc.) and regulated professionals etc., so it's mostly a waste of time & effort.

Agree. What does it achieve?

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By Bobbo
18th Jun 2021 17:44

Whilst they are very naughty for doing tax fraud, I have to congratulate the director(s) of 'Kebabalicious Kebab Limited' for a cracking company name.

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By Hugo Fair
18th Jun 2021 20:43

My favourite is "Janet Elizabeth Richards. Formerly known as Janet Elizabeth Lally" ... but only because it goes on to say "Formerly trading as ‘Admiral Nelson’"!

But I suppose we shouldn't pick on them - they've paid their debt to society.
Or have they? The column header refers to "Total amount of penalties charged", without reference as to whether this has actually been paid.

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By the_fishmonger
19th Jun 2021 09:59

It was disappointing to see a Mr Naveed, who operated a convenience store, was not based in *Craiglang

Sean [Patrick] Bean on the list. I wondered why he was doing time on my telly :-D

* for the bewildered, watch a few episodes of 'Still Game'

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By thestudyman
18th Jun 2021 22:38

Good luck trying to collect taxes from those drivers who have "relocated" to Hungary and Bulgaria.

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By the_fishmonger
19th Jun 2021 10:13

There's a lot of unpaid tax there.

Of interest is that some of the larger debts have been run up by online traders based outside the UK.

On the basis that these are but a few that have been spotted, is there a need for UK Gov to legislate harder for online platforms selling into the UK to keep an eye on things and send regular reports. Maybe even force a move to a model where the fund processors withhold the tax element of relevant transactions?

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