Builder given suspended sentence for tax fraud after failing to declare income
A builder and carpenter who failed to declare any self-employed income for more than two years, has been sentenced for tax fraud.
Christopher Phillip Heard made fraudulent changes to his online tax returns by increasing his expenses and altering his PAYE income - claiming PAYE Tax that, in reality, had not been paid.
Heard made seventeen changes to his tax returns between 2010 and 2012, the HMRC said.
The 30-year-old, of Hill Street, Hednesford, Cannock, was charged with two counts of being knowingly concerned in the fraudulent evasion of Income Tax, contrary to Section 106A of the Taxes Management Act 1970. The total value of the tax fraud is £10, 601.34.
He pleaded guilty to both charges at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Tuesday (MAY 31) and received nine months imprisonment suspended for two years and was ordered to do 120 hours of unpaid work.
A compensation order for the full amount of his fraud was imposed, to be paid within 12 months. He was also ordered to pay £500 costs and a £100 victim surcharge.
