HMRC names fish and chip shop and minibus firm on list of Midlands tax dodgers

A number of businesses and individuals based in the Midlands have been named on a list of tax dodgers by HMRC. The list has been published by the tax authority to serve as a warning that anyone who avoids paying tax will be pursued and their names made public.

It revealed details of how much tax wasn't paid over a certain period and penalties that were subsequently handed out. HMRC publishes the list of 'tax dodgers' every few months and says it does so to act as a deterrent and to encourage those named to "engage" with them.

A person or business is named publicly if they have deliberately defaulted on more than £25,000 in tax, HMRC says. A handful of companies and people based in the West Midlands were named on the latest list.

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They included a fish and chip shop and minibus hire company. The largest tax bill that went unpaid in the Midlands was a massive £4.2 million by agricultural contract hire firm Simply Plant Sales in Stafford. It was hit with a penalty of almost £3m.

Those named below were included on the latest list. Details are removed from the Government website after 12 months. All details are correct at the time of writing according to HMRC.

Simply Plant Sales

The agricultural contract hire firm in Stafford failed to pay £4.2 million worth of tax between May 2020 and June 2022 and was hit with a penalty of £2.9m.

Dineshlal Chudasama

HMRC said Dineshlal Chudasama, from Birmingham, failed to pay £122,828 in tax between April 2015 and April 2018, and was told to pay back £69,090.

Jascaran Singh Jutti

The labourer, based in Oldbury, owed £80,117 in tax between April 2018 and April 2021. He was hit with a penalty of £47,669.

Sparrowapp

The Birmingham-based minibus hire company was named on the list by HMRC, who said it failed to pay £58,411 in tax between March 2021 and August 2022. The firm was handed a penalty of £48,732.

Joe's Burgers

The takeaway, in Small Heath, was handed a £30,606 penalty by the tax authority over an unpaid tax bill of the same amount. The tax had been owed between April 2020 and April 2021.

Stanwyck Fish Bar

The chippy in Telford was pursued over unpaid tax worth £29,969 between April 2020 and April 2022. Bosses were told to pay back £19,480.