A trio of Ipswich businesses have been named on a government list by HMRC for more than £370,000 worth of unpaid tax.
HMRC’s Publishing Details of Deliberate Defaulters (PDDD) scheme provides information about people and businesses given financial penalties for failing to comply with tax obligations or deliberately filing errors in tax returns.
One of the named companies, Haytrax Litd, which is now based in Middlesbrough, was charged penalties of more than £132,000 on almost £200,000 of defaulted tax.
HMRC said the measures are to influence behaviour "by encouraging defaulters to engage with us".
Details are published when a person or business has made at least one deliberate default on more than £25,000, according to HMRC.
The list is updated every three months and the information is wiped after a year.
Haytrax Ltd
A machinery repair business.
Address: Formerly of Queen Street, Ipswich, IP1 1SS
Period of default: 2 January 2021 to 31 January 2022
Total amount of tax/duty on which penalties are based: £193,844
Total amount of penalties charged: £132,298.52
Costica Petrea
Income from employment
Registered address: Cavendish Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom, IP3 8BG
Period of default: 6 April 2017 to 5 April 2021
Total amount of tax/duty on which penalties are based: £37,296.53
Total amount of penalties charged: £18,275.28
According to Companies House the Cavendish Street business was dissolved in May this year.
Grow Cleaning Ltd
Industrial cleaning business
Registered address: Rendlesham Road, Ipswich, England, IP1 2LY
Period of default: 25 Oct 2019 to 31 Oct 2021
Total amount of tax/duty on which penalties are based: £141,902
Total amount of penalties charged: £141, 902
Companies House reports the company's status is active with an active proposal to strike off.
An HMRC spokesperson commented: “We are committed to making sure people pay the tax they owe.
"For the minority who refuse to pay, we have a range of tools available and we are able to publish the names of those penalised under civil procedures for deliberately defaulting on certain tax obligations.
"This is about influencing behaviour by encouraging defaulters to engage with us.”
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