Reports released by HM Revenue and Customers every three months name and shame the businesses and individuals who have been caught filing incorrect tax reports across the country.
Many are ordered to pay penalties for either deliberately filing errors in their tax returns or deliberately failing to comply with tax obligations.
Keith Andrew Cadogan was fined £35,270.60 after a sum of £53,038.50 went unaccounted for income from his property at 56 Broughton Road in Thornton Heath between April 5, 2015, and April 5, 2016.
Judicael Boris Inchaud, of 29 Castle Hill Avenue in New Addington, was charged £28,859.57.
The sports agent was fined after £50,190.58 of tax went unaccounted for between April 6, 2012, and April 5, 2015.
Nazim Uddin Ahmed, of 65 Blenheim Park Road in South Croydon, was hit with a £27,564.29 penalty after £50,116.90 went unaccounted for in property income from April 6, 2013, to April 5, 2017.
John Thomas Forry, a mechanic from 150 Salmons Lane in Whyteleafe, Caterham, was hit with a £28,373.62 bill after £54,045 went unaccounted for between April 6, 2019, and April 5, 2020.
Tax defaulting happens when someone fails to pay the taxes they owe to the government.
This can happen if they don’t report all their income, miss tax payments, or try to avoid paying altogether.
When someone is caught, they may face fines, extra charges, or even legal action.
On Wednesday (March 26), Chancellor Rachel Reeves gave her Spring Statement, explaining the government’s plans to help the economy recover and manage finances carefully.
She stressed that it is unfair for some people to avoid paying taxes while hardworking people continue to pay what they owe.
The Chancellor said: “As I promised in the Autumn, this statement does not contain any further tax increases.
“But when working people are paying their taxes while still struggling with the cost of living, it cannot be right that others are still evading what they rightly owe in tax.”
