HMRC shock - many landlords named and shamed over tax...

HM Revenue & Customs has named and shamed a string of landlords who, it claims, have collectively avoided many millions of pounds in tax.

The names are contained in a longer list of people who allegedly defrauded the Revenue of at least £25,000 in tax - although in one case the sum appears to be well over £4m.

On the website containing the names, HMRC makes it clear that while each case involves a named individual and their address, there are caveats.

For example, the named person may have changed their behaviour, or may no longer be at the published address, or the business linked to the defrauding individual may now be owned by a completely different person behaving perfectly legally.

The categories included in the HMRC shame list are ‘rental property’ or ‘property developing’ or ‘property tax advising’.

HMRC has strict rules about publishing the names and financial details of tax defaulters, who it defines as being those who have received penalties for deliberate errors in their tax returns or deliberately failing to comply with their tax obligations. The details are published only after the completion of a formal tax investigation and the issuing of penalties for defaulting.

The latest list - which includes defrauders operating in other industries as diverse as cleaning to restaurants, can be found here.

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Andrew townshend
21 June 2022 16:11 PM

Pulled that ceiling down today and cut some bushes and trees back, now if I were paying someone to do that for me £50 an hour ? x 6 hrs £300, now I will earn once the property is re let but I will be told that is unearned income, of course being a landlord in tenants eyes is not work, we just sit in the sun watching that money roll into our bank accounts.