HMRC has gone public with a list of people and businesses caught deliberately bungling their tax returns. Those found guilty of dodging more than £25,000 in tax bills have been hit with hefty fines and public disgrace.
Shock Penalties Across East London
- Romford Utilities Worker slapped with a £15,020 penalty for tax dodges between 2022 and 2024.
- Ionica Marian of Shaftesbury Road got fined over £33,000 for deliberate tax errors.
- Jay Thomas Hopkins, a roofing and cladding pro, was penalised £28,673 for huge tax blunders exceeding £43,000.
- Linktechnix Ltd, a Rainham wholesaler, racked up a £34,612 fine for defaults on £43,265 in tax between late 2023 and early 2024.
- Nelu Costel Rosu, a builder from Dagenham, was hit with a £40,411 penalty for dodging £64,658 in tax over six years.
Big Fines for Builders and Construction Firms
- Essex Building Supplies Ltd was stung with a gigantic £123,705 penalty for nearly £187,000 in unpaid tax from 2020.
- Beniamin Vasile, a steel fixer in Barking, was fined £28,697 for tax dodges worth £43,154.
- Daryon Constructions Ltd fined £34,936 for deliberate errors on £73,940 tax between Sept 2023 and Jan 2024.
- Bukovnia Ltd, aka Building and Finishing, hit with a colossal £258,488 penalty on £369,269 of dodged tax in 2022-2023.
- Mtah Ltd, from East Ham, was fined £62,955 for tax errors made in early 2024.
- Iulian Coteanu, carpenter with multiple addresses, slapped with £32,049 fine for dodging £48,376 tax over six years.
Other Notorious Tax Defaulters
- Izegoldwatches Ltd, jewellery seller in Beckton, fined £33,633 for tax dodges from 2023 to 2024.
- Ovidiu Poniava, plasterer from Walthamstow, penalised £28,108 for defaults on over £43,000 tax.
- Robina Habib Chohan, rental income pro, hit with a staggering £268,917 penalty on a £561,121 tax default over nine years.
- Marola Expert Services Ltd, Leytonstone construction firm, fined £110,373 for £151,676 tax dodges in 2022-2023.
- D.G.S Interiors Ltd, Ilford plasterers, penalised £39,579 on £71,963 tax discrepancies.
- Mohammad Aktaruzzaman, property income earner in Whitechapel, fined £51,940 for tax errors spanning 2013-2021.
- Rupinder Singh Grewal, Ilford resident, hit with £20,726 fine for tax dodges from 2018-2019 and 2020-2021.
HMRC’s crackdown sends a clear warning: Deliberate tax dodgers will be hunted down and publicly named, slapped with heavy penalties to pay for their misconduct. East London’s tax cheats are feeling the heat!
