Two Ipswich businesses have been named on a government list by HMRC for more than £245,000 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.

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.

One of the named companies, George Predescu 0382 Ltd, formerly of Oldfield Road, Ipswich, was charged penalties of £127,165 on almost £181,664 of defaulted tax. 

The period of default was listed between January 1, 2021 to 31 December 2021.  

The company has since moved to Mansfield Road, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire.

The other named company is Suleyman Gilgil, a takeaway business which formerly traded as ‘Great Kebab House’ and ‘Favourite Grill’ on Felixstowe Road, Ipswich.

The business was put up for sale in 2023.

The company has been charged penalties of £38,426 on almost £64,043 of defaulted tax. 

The period of default was listed between April 6, 2013 to April 5, 2019.

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.”