Tax evasion fears as HMRC drastically scales back checks on eBay and Amazon sellers

Bonmarché, the value-oriented clothing retailer, went into administration for the second time in a year on 2 December 2020. There are 226 stores and more than 1200 employees. It is owned as a separate business by Philip Day, whose EWM is also in crisis (see below). Philip Day put this company into administration a few … Read more

Former BHS owner Dominic Chappell is jailed for six years after being convicted of tax evasion

Former BHS owner Dominic Chappell has been jailed for six years after being convicted of tax evasion over the £2.2million of income he received from his £1 deal to buy the failed high street chain off Philip Green. Instead of paying the tax he knew was due, Chappell, 53, spent a fortune on a luxury … Read more

John McAfee is arrested in Spain and charged with tax evasion

John McAfee was arrested in Spain on Monday after federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment against the creator of the eponymous anti-virus software over charges that he evaded taxes and willfully failed to file tax returns. The US Justice Department announced the charges shortly after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) revealed it had brought civil … Read more

Big increase in tax evasion whistleblowers: Number of tip offs up 10%

Big increase in tax evasion whistleblowers: Number of tip offs to HMRC increased 10% last year By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 31 August 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 31 August 2020 The number of whistleblowing reports about potential tax evasion have surged by 10 per cent.  Around 73,000 tips were … Read more

Bar Refaeli appears in court as she and her mother are convicted for tax evasion in Israel 

Model Bar Refaeli gets nine months community service while her mother is JAILED for 16-months after the pair evaded taxes on $10m – and now have to pay $1.5m fine and ALL of the back taxes The model, 35, was today convicted of four counts of tax offences in Tel Aviv  She and her mother … Read more

VW ordered to buy back cars it equipped with emission evasion kits

VW ordered to buy back diesel cars it sold equipped with emission evasion software based on their current value By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 25 May 2020 | Updated: 22:06 BST, 25 May 2020 Volkswagen must buy back the diesel cars it sold equipped with software to evade emissions testing … Read more