THESE North-East businesses have been named on a government list of tax defaulters - with them being charged more than £200,000 in penalties.
HMRC routinely publishes the details of those given financial penalties for failing to comply with tax obligations or deliberately filing errors in tax returns.
HMRC's Publishing Details of Deliberate Defaulters (PDDD) scheme flags up when a person or business has made at least one deliberate default on more than £25,000.
The list is then updated every three months and the information is completely wiped after a year.
The current list of people and companies was added between December 2019 and September 2020.
The information below is listed on the government website on the day this story was published.
Below are the companies listed by HMRC:
- Tony’s Parmesan House
Business, trade, or occupation: Takeaway
Address: 33 Beaumont Road, North Ormsby, Middlesbrough, TS3 6NN
Period of default: 6 Apr 2012 to 5 Apr 2016
Total amount of tax/duty on which penalties are based: £43,665.71
Total amount of penalties charged: £25,252.81
- Caterpak Limited
Business, trade, or occupation: Catering and food supplies
Address: Double Row, Seaton Delaval, Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, NE25 0PP
Period of default: 1 May 2011 to 31 Jul 2017
Total amount of tax/duty on which penalties are based: £143,864.20
Total amount of penalties charged: £59,389.02
- Komal Balti
Business, trade, or occupation: Takeaway and restaurant
Address: 4 Brentford Avenue, Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE2 3DH
Period of default: 1 Jun 2013 to 30 Nov 2016
Total amount of tax/duty on which penalties are based: £107,610
Total amount of penalties charged: £82,834.59
- George Thomas
Business, trade, or occupation: Haulier
Address: Formerly of Faceby Manor Lodge, Carlton in Cleveland, Middlesbrough, TS9 7DP
Period of default: 6 Apr 2010 to 5 Apr 2015
Total amount of tax/duty on which penalties are based: £41,676.55
Total amount of penalties charged: £14,331.35
- Craig Bewick / trading as 'Donkins' and 'The Inn Place'
Business, trade, or occupation: Public house and income from property
Address: 1 Blind Lane, Silksworth, Sunderland, SR3 1AU and Knollside Close, Sunderland, SR3 2UD and formerly of 13 Anthony Road, Sunderland, SR3 3HG
Period of default: 6 Apr 2010 to 5 Apr 2014
Total amount of tax/duty on which penalties are based: £51,888.13
Total amount of penalties charged: £21,185.40
A spokesperson for HMRC said: “We are committed to making sure people pay the tax they owe.
"For the minority who refuse to pay, HMRC has a range of tools available and we are able to publish the names of those penalised under civil procedures for deliberately defaulting on certain tax obligations.
"This is about influencing behaviour by encouraging defaulters to engage with HMRC.”
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