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Labour Hire Business Owner Jailed
Monday, 13 November 2023, 1:25 pm | Inland Revenue
An Auckland man has been jailed for five and a half years on tax fraud charges. Surasak Pootinun was sentenced today (1 November 2023) on 69 different tax evasion and forgery charges involving nearly a million dollars. Pootinun ran several labour ... More >>
Former Car Dealer Sentenced On Tax Fraud
Wednesday, 6 September 2023, 11:16 am | Inland Revenue
An Auckland second-hand car dealer has been sentenced to community detention for tax fraud. Vladislav Alexandrovich Levada was sentenced in the Manukau District Court on 4 September to the maximum possible community detention sentence of six months. ... More >>
Prisoner Sentenced On Tax Fraud
Tuesday, 18 July 2023, 10:44 am | Inland Revenue
A man has been sentenced to two years in prison for tax fraud. Phillip John Smith, 47, has been in prison since 1995 on non-tax related charges and was sentenced on 17 July to two years imprisonment on tax fraud charges. Smith was charged with dishonestly ... More >>
Income Tax Assessments Coming Soon – Beware Scammers
Wednesday, 17 May 2023, 2:15 pm | Inland Revenue
Inland Revenue is warning customers to be wary of scammers during the 2023 'tax season'. This year Inland Revenue will send around 3.5 million tax assessments, mainly using customer’s myIR accounts as well as the post. These will be sent out from ... More >>
Jail For Man Who Made False Claims For COVID Relief
Tuesday, 16 May 2023, 2:53 pm | Inland Revenue
An Auckland man who made fraudulent applications for COVID-19 financial relief has been jailed. The Small Business Cashflow Loan (SBCL) scheme was implemented under urgency in May 2020 using a “High Trust” application model so small businesses ... More >>
Extradited Lawyer Sentenced On Tax Fraud
Saturday, 4 February 2023, 1:45 pm | Inland Revenue
Former Dunedin lawyer, Raelene Kelly, was convicted and discharged on tax evasion charges when she appeared in the Dunedin District court this week. Kelly was extradited from Australia after a trial in 2015 on 31 charges of knowingly applying PAYE deductions ... More >>
Tax Evasion Software Prompts Stern Warning
Tuesday, 13 December 2022, 2:15 pm | Inland Revenue
Inland Revenue has issued a new Revenue Alert warning of severe consequences for anyone who has or uses Electronic Suppression Software Tools (ESST) to try to evade tax. Inland Revenue spokesperson Tony Morris says the threat that ESS tools pose ... More >>
Cleaners Sentenced To Community Detention
Thursday, 17 November 2022, 3:51 pm | Inland Revenue
The two directors of an Auckland cleaning company have been sentenced to community detention and ordered to pay reparations for GST fraud committed over many years. Bimlesh Vishal Sharma and Prashita Narayan faced a representative charge of using ... More >>
Media Update On Asteron
Thursday, 29 July 2021, 12:19 pm | Inland Revenue
Inland Revenue spokesperson: “Inland Revenue has told its staff that, while no decisions have been made yet, it may not occupy the Asteron building while work to fix seismic issues is being carried out. IR is working with the building owner and ... More >>
Man Used Forged Documents To Falsely Claim GST Refunds
Friday, 22 January 2021, 12:30 pm | Inland Revenue
A 25-year-old Auckland man has been sentenced to more than two years in prison for tax fraud involving more than $200,000. Aaron Roydyn Ryder pleaded guilty to 16 charges of knowingly providing false GST returns to obtain GST returns he was not entitled ... More >>
