HMRC has named businesses and individuals based in the West Midlands on a new list of tax dodgers. The tax authority regularly publishes the list as a warning to those who avoid paying what they owe.
The list reveals the names of companies and individuals, how much they failed to pay in tax over a certain period and the penalty they have been served with for not paying. HMRC went after a number of firms who hadn’t paid what they owed following investigations.
It warns those who do not pay tax will be publicly named and shamed. HMRC publishes the list every three months to act as a deterrent and encourages those named to “engage” with them.
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A person or business is named publicly if they have deliberately defaulted on more than £25,000 in tax, HMRC says. The latest list included a takeaway and car dealer. The largest unpaid tax bill for a West Midlands firm was £922,352 owed by Wolverhampton-based JGR Construction.
JGR Construction
The house builder based in Wolverhampton failed to pay £922,352 in tax between April 2020 and December 2021, according to HMRC. It was hit with a penalty of £645,646.
Fa-Yue Dong (trading as China Dong)
The takeaway in Tamworth was punished over an unpaid tax bill worth £241,022 between April 2017 and September 2022. It was made to pay £118,586.
Matthew Carl Jones (trading as MJ Plumbing & Heating)
The gas fitting and plumbing firm, based at Pattingham, near Wolverhampton, and formerly of Bilston, owed £239,202 to HMRC between April 2014 and April 2021. It was hit with a penalty of £128,571.
Acreage Homes
The furniture wholesaler, which was based at School Road, Birmingham, failed to pay £110,164 in tax between April and June 2022. It was told to pay £73,259.
Dean Beresford
HMRC punished the Birmingham-based florist over an unpaid tax bill of £94,229 between April 2017 and April 2021. It was given a penalty of £59,802.
Sarbast Taugozi
The Birmingham-based company director failed to pay £64,677 in tax between April 2013 and April 2019. He was ordered to pay £35,829.
Anderton Motor Group
HMRC went after the car sales firm, formerly of Anderton Park Road, Birmingham, over £54,378 owed in May 2020 and between September 2020 and May 2022. It was hit with a penalty of £38,064.
EXNG Ltd
The Birmingham-based freight transport company failed to pay £31,229 in tax between April 2020 and April 2022 and was given a penalty worth the same amount.
Pacific Coast Group
The firm, based in Solihull and involved in the sale of timber and building materials, owed £30,745 between April 2020 and April 2022. It was told to pay £26,133.
Lewthorn Foods Ltd
The food production firm, of Wolverhampton, failed to pay £26,893 between November 2022 and January 2023. The company was hit with a penalty of £25,549.
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