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

Anti-virus software creator John McAfee is arrested in Spain and charged with tax evasion for ‘hiding cryptocurrency, a yacht, real estate and failing to file returns from 2014 to 2018’ John McAfee was arrested in Spain on Monday and charged with tax evasion  Federal prosecutors unsealed indictment against the creator of the eponymous anti-virus software … 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 

Bar Refaeli appears in court in a face mask as she and her mother are convicted for tax evasion in Israel The model, 35, was today convicted of four counts of tax offences in Tel Aviv  She and her mother confessed to evading paying taxes on a $10million income Refaeli is to serve nine months … 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

DVLA to crackdown on car tax evasion in 20 UK locations

Car owners in 20 UK areas have been warned that their region will be targeted by authorities hunting for untaxed vehicles in the coming weeks. The the Driver and Vehicle Licencing Agency has named and shamed the locations where it took nearly 600,000 enforcement actions against keepers of motors without tax in 2019. And it … Read more

Car tax evasion remains at record levels since paper discs were scrapped in 2014

The number of vehicles being used on UK roads without tax has fallen but still remains at record high levels since the paper disc was scrapped five years ago. Around 1.6 per cent of motors on Britain’s roads in 2019 are evading Vehicle and Excise Duty (VED), which represents an estimated 634,000 cars, according to … Read more