A total of 11 Sussex businesses have been included in a government list of deliberate tax defaulters released this week.
The details, published by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), "name and shame" people and businesses who have been given financial penalties for failing to comply with tax obligations or deliberately filing errors in tax returns.
HMRC's current list of deliberate tax defaulters, the latest edition of which was published on July 9, features Sean Slade, of Graham Avenue, Brighton, and Danut-Vasile Bud, of Ashdown Road, Worthing, among others.
According to the list, Mr Slade, a carpenter, was charged total penalties of £15,408.41 on £27,515.05 of tax defaulted between April 2016 to April 2017, and April 2019 to April 2021.
Meanwhile, builder Mr Bud was charged £25,229.20 in penalties on £41,190.56 of tax defaulted in the three years from April 2019 to April 2022.
Across Sussex, businesses have been charged penalties totalling £2,580,834.65.
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Here are the Sussex businesses named and shamed by HMRC:
Gayne Cooper (Formerly trading as ‘Slatehouse Farm’)
- Business, trade, occupation: Dairy farming
- Address: Stonehouse Farm, Handcross Road, Plummers Plain, Horsham
- Period of default: April 1, 2010 to November 30, 2019
- Total amount of tax/duty on which penalties are based: £3,671,959
- Total amount of penalties charged: £1,927,778.21
Project G Ltd
- Business, trade, occupation: Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation
- Address: Formerly of 21 Rushetts Road, Crawley
- Period of default: April 6, 2020 to April 5, 2022
- Total amount of tax/duty on which penalties are based: £71,886.41
- Total amount of penalties charged: £71,886.41
R A Contractors (UK) Limited
- Business, trade, occupation: Construction industry - drylining, drywall and plastering
- Address: Formerly of Unit 59, Basepoint Business Centre, Metcalf Way, Crawley
- Period of default: March 1, 2019 to May 31, 2020
- Total amount of tax/duty on which penalties are based: £85,092
- Total amount of penalties charged: £59,564.40
J O Lindsay Contractors (UK) Limited
- Business, trade, occupation: Subcontractor
- Address: Formerly of Unit 59, Basepoint Business Centre, Metcalf Way, Crawley
- Period of default: April 6, 2019 to April 5, 2020
- Total amount of tax/duty on which penalties are based: £31,373
- Total amount of penalties charged: £21,961.10
Ian Lee Howard
- Business, trade, occupation: Mechanical engineering
- Address: 29 Bond Street, Mitcham and formerly of 8 Sunshine Way, Mitcham and Flat 6, 16 Southfields Road, Eastbourne
- Period of default: April 6, 2016 to April 5, 2018 and April 6, 2020 to April 5, 2022
- Total amount of tax/duty on which penalties are based: £34,582.91
- Total amount of penalties charged: £22,478.12
Michael Peter Jack McCabe
- Business, trade, occupation: Luxury vehicles
- Address: Formerly of 5 Worthing Road, East Preston, Littlehampton
- Period of default: April 6, 2012 to April 5, 2018
- Total amount of tax/duty on which penalties are based: £201,539.36
- Total amount of penalties charged: £110,846.62
Danut-Vasile Bud
- Business, trade, occupation: Builder
- Address: 11 Ashdown Road, Worthing and formerly of 61 Rowlands Road, Worthing and 29C Boundary Road, Worthing
- Period of default: April 6, 2019 to April 5, 2022
- Total amount of tax/duty on which penalties are based: £41,190.56
- Total amount of penalties charged: £25,229.20
Fanel Chetrusca
- Business, trade, occupation: Construction industry
- Address: 48 Rose Hill Close, Brighton and formerly of 63 Newswick Road, Brighton and 1 Weston Road, Guildford
- Period of default: April 6, 2019 to April 5, 2021
- Total amount of tax/duty on which penalties are based: £36,553.34
- Total amount of penalties charged: £24,307.96
Sean Slade
- Business, trade, occupation: Carpenter
- Address: 97 Graham Avenue, Brighton and formerly of 162 Nevill Road, Hove
- Period of default: April 6, 2016 to April 5, 2017 and April 6, 2019 to April 5, 2021
- Total amount of tax/duty on which penalties are based: £27,515.05
- Total amount of penalties charged: £15,408.41
Red Point Recruitment Ltd
- Business, trade, occupation: Temporary employment agency activities
- Address: Formerly of 12 Station Road, Eastbourne
- Period of default: April 6, 2020 to April 5, 2022
- Total amount of tax/duty on which penalties are based: £260,577.97
- Total amount of penalties charged: £260,577.97
Superior Scaffolding Limited
- Business, trade, occupation: Scaffolding
- Address: Formerly of 25 Lindfield Close, Saltdean, Brighton
- Period of default: January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016 and January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018
- Total amount of tax/duty on which penalties are based: £58,280.37
- Total amount of penalties charged: £40,796.25
HMRC routinely releases the information of those who made at least one deliberate default on more than £25,000.
This list is updated every three months and the information is deleted after one year.
The information above was listed on the government website on July 9.
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