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Tax-dodging window salesmen “now on our radar,” says HMRC after special task force success
31st March 2015

HM Revenue and Customs has told The Glazine that its special task force could turn its spotlight back on the window trade at any time and in any part of the country following the success of an operation in North East England.

Teams of compliance and enforcement officers target specific trade sectors and locations with ‘intensive bursts of activity’ and a spokesperson said: “Double glazing is now on our radar and we could be back any time.”

These activities were outlined at Leeds Crown Court where salesman Adam Barraclough admitted failing to pay tax on £288,000 of earnings over six years while claiming to Safestyle UK that he would take care of his own tax affairs.
He was caught out last year when an HMRC task force was set up to investigate self-employed individuals in the glazing trade, the court heard. Barraclough, 29, who has repaid £26,593 since being charged, was sentenced to 16 months imprisonment suspended for two years, and ordered to carry out 240 hours of unpaid work. He had earlier pleaded guilty to being knowingly concerned in the fraudulent evasion of Income Tax.

An HMRC spokesperson told The Glazine: “This task force was specifically regional but we are confident that in a few months they will become bigger.

“”They investigate areas of risk of tax evasion and fraud such as plumbers, landlords, beauty salon workers and many others. Following this recent investigation, self-employed double glazing salespeople are now on our radar and could be the subject of another task force operation at any time.”

It is understood that a number of other people are awaiting sentence as a result of the same recent task force activity.

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