A Liverpool accountant and ACCA member has been found guilty of tax fraud totalling over £64,000 and given a suspended jail sentenced following an HMRC investigation into VAT evasion. The evasion was discovered as part of the HMRC VAT outstanding returns (VATOR) campaign, which targeted returns for 2013. Goddard's business was registered for VAT trading in April 2008. In January 2013, HMRC wrote to Goddard under the VATOR campaign to remind him to submit VAT returns. Even after a visit from HMRC inspectors to encourage him to submit his VAT returns in March 2014, Goddard failed to submit a single return and instead continued to trade as an accountant.
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