Medium and large employers are facing new obligations from 6 April 2020 – and now’s the time to step up preparation. The changes relate to off-payroll working rules, also known as IR35 IR35 relates to individual off-payroll workers (or contractors) who provide services as a company, partnership or sole trader. Until now, contractors have been… Read more…

As of last week, the UK is no longer part of the European Union: however, despite months of headlines, multiple forecasts, and mounting uncertainty, it feels for many that it was a blink-and-you-miss-it moment. Leading finance firm, Salhan Accountants, is warning businesses that this may well be the calm before the storm, and failure to… Read more…

Dr. Anjulika Salhan has won the English Women’s Award for the second year in a row for her contributions to Finance and Accountancy. This glamorous event, celebrating female successes took place in Birmingham’s Holiday Inn Airport (NEC) Hotel on Thursday, November 21st 2019. The Awards honoured the talent and hard work of female professionals and… Read more…

A tax fraudster who has been found guilty of stealing hundreds of thousands of pounds in unpaid tax, has been sentenced to six and half years in jail in his absence, after going on the run. Jamshed Bhatti from Manchester fell under the spotlight of HMRC after taxation investigators uncovered a huge money laundering operation.… Read more…

A market trader who fraudulently submitted dozens of fake VAT returns in order to steal almost one million pounds, has been jailed for three years.

A tax fraudster who stole more than £1.6 million by pretending to be a spy, has been told that unless he pays back the money he owes to HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), he will spend a further five years in prison.

The owner of an Indian restaurant has been jailed for tax fraud after a HMRC ‘dawn raid’ discovered a secret accounts book. Nazrul Islam, from Great Barr, Birmingham attempted to hide the true worth of his restaurant takings but came unstuck when HMRC tax inspectors arrested him and raided both his home address and his… Read more…

Two tax fraudsters who used a sham tax avoidance scheme in an attempt to steal more than £60million, have been jailed for a total of 14 and a half years. Antony Blakey and John Banyard set up Ethical Trading and Marketing Ltd to deliberately commit tax fraud. The conmen enlisted the help of world renowned… Read more…

Three brothers who committed a £3 million tax fraud and used the proceeds to fund lavish lifestyles, have been jailed for a combined total of 14 years. Shahab Hashtroudi, and his brothers Shahin and Hedayat, ran 11 pubs and restaurants in Hampshire, Dorset and Surrey – none of which lasted longer than two years before… Read more…

A Chinese restaurant owner, who falsely claimed that he ran two small creative businesses to avoid paying tax, has been jailed for three years.