LONDON BARRISTER CONVICTED FOR ￡600K VAT FRAUD

摘要

A barrister has been convicted in Blackfriars Crown Court for failing to pay more than ￡600,000 he owed in VAT. HMRC investigators found that Rohan Pershad, 44, failed to declare or pay ￡627,839 of VAT over 12 years. Instead, Pershad spent the cash on two luxury homes in Surrey and Somerset, and private school fees for his children. In February 2000, HMRC deregistered Pershad following a history of failure to submit tax returns. As a result he was unable legally to trade above the VAT threshold, which was between ￡54,000 in 2001 and ￡67,000 in 2008.