SEVEN Scottish businesses have been fined a total of more than £310,000 for failing to pay the correct amount of tax.
HMRC has published its latest list of deliberate tax defaulters, which reveals which firms and business owners have had to pay financial penalties after failing to comply with their tax obligations.
The Deliberate Defaulters scheme flags up when a person or business has made at least one deliberate default on more than £25,000.
The department puts out the full list on a regular basis, with updates coming every three months. Information is then deleted after a year. The policy is known as "naming and shaming".
The following information was published by the UK Government on September 26, and featured nearly 100 firms across the UK.
The seven Scottish businesses were as follows:
Name: Apex All Trades LimitedBusiness trade or occupation: Building contractorAddress: 34 Thistlebank Gardens, Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, ML5 5FF1Period of default: Oct 2010 to 30 Sep 2016Total amount of tax/duty on which penalties are based: £76,677.18Total amount of penalties charged: £38,338.57
Name: Scott HendersonBusiness trade or occupation: General builderAddress: 34 Thistlebank Gardens, Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, ML5 5FF1Period of default: 6 April 2010 to 5 April 2018 Total amount of tax/duty on which penalties are based: £97,947.86Total amount of penalties charged: £48,973.93
Name: Dashi Cuisine Ltd (trading as Lychee Oriental)Business trade or occupation: Restaurant Address: 59 Mitchell Street, Glasgow, Gl1 3NLPeriod of default: 11 September 2015 to 31 October 2018Total amount of tax/duty on which penalties are based: £359,917.32Total amount of penalties charged: £151,165.26
Name: Chia Fay Lee (undeclared income)Address: 16 Blacksey Burn Drive, Glasgow, G53 7SXPeriod of default: 6 April 2010 to 5 April 2020Total amount of tax/duty on which penalties are based: £65,317.22Total amount of penalties charged: £32,658.61
Name: Alastair Buchan GardenBusiness trade or occupation: Share fishermanAddress: Formerly of 24 Assynt Place, Fraserburgh, AB43 9LZ and 2 Charles Street, Inverallochy, Fraserburgh, AB43 8XY and 9 Crown Court, Oldmarket Place, Banff, AB45 1HFPeriod of default: 6 April 2015 to 5 April 2019Total amount of tax/duty on which penalties are based: £57,602.72Total amount of penalties charged: £38,881.82
Name: Mark John RouseBusiness trade or occupation: Floor fitter Address: Formerly of 108 Camelon Crescent, Blantyre, Glasgow, G72 0BDPeriod of default: 6 April 2017 to 5 April 2021 Total amount of tax/duty on which penalties are based: £36,003.08Total amount of penalties charged: £23,942.03
Name: Jamie Stuart McCrackenBusiness trade or occupation: ConstructionAddress: 43C Broomhouse Grove, Edinburgh, EH11 3TYPeriod of default: 6 April 2018 to 5 April 2021Total amount of tax/duty on which penalties are based: £44,257.76Total amount of penalties charged: £29,431.39
