CHESTER and Ellesmere Port tax cheats have been named and shamed by HMRC, with one tax defaulter now being ordered to cough up more than £1.2 million.

HMRC has published the details of those businesses given financial penalties for failing to comply with tax obligations or deliberately filing errors in tax returns.

HMRC's Publishing Details of Deliberate Defaulters scheme flags up when a person or business has made at least one deliberate default on more than £25,000.

The Government body says that it is necessary to publish the details of those that do this in order to act as a deterrent on those flouting the rules.

The HMRC list is updated every few months and the information is completely wiped after a year.

The information below is listed on the Government website as visible on the day this story was published.

  • Tobacco importer Darius Trinkunas, Wordsworth Crescent, Blacon, Chester. Defaulted during: 27 Nov 2020. Total amount of tax/duty on which penalties are based: £2,723,452. Penalties charged: £1,239,170.66.
  • Bricklayer Niel Tushingham: Formerly of Cambridge Road, Ellesmere Port and Pulford Road, Chester. Defaulted during: 6 Apr 2015 to 5 Apr 2019. Total amount of tax/duty on which penalties are based: £43,241.72. Penalties charged: £30,269.19.
  • Construction industry worker Mariusz Raduszynski, Fisher Road, Blacon, Chester. Defaulted during: 6 Apr 2015 to 5 Apr 2020. Total amount of tax/duty on which penalties are based: £90,345.61. Penalties charged: £61,660.85.
  • Painter and decorator James Anthony Roddy, Carver Row, Saighton, Chester and formerly of Park Crescent, Llanfairfechan. Formerly trading as ‘JR Painting and Decorating’. Defaulted during: 6 Apr 2015 to 5 Apr 2020. Total amount of tax/duty on which penalties are based: £29,137.74. Penalties charged: £19,886.49.
  • Roofer David Tushingham, Acre Road, Great Sutton, Ellesmere Port and formerly of Hawthorn Road, Little Sutton, Ellesmere Port and Brook Road, Great Sutton and Melbourne Road, Blacon, Chester. Defaulted during: 6 Apr 2015 to 5 Apr 2017 and 6 Apr 2018 to 5 Apr 2021. Total amount of tax/duty on which penalties are based: £35,107.48. Penalties charged: £23,960.84.
  • Electrician Kyle Dennis Pritchard, Formerly of Fern Road, Whitby, Ellesmere Port. Formerly trading as ‘KP Electrics’. Defaulted during: 6 Apr 2015 to 5 Apr 2019. Total amount of tax/duty on which penalties are based: £32,039.84. Penalties charged: £21,867.18.
  • Plasterer Callum Reynolds, formerly of Wolverham Road, Ellesmere Port. Formerly trading as ‘CR Plastering Services’. Defaulted during: 6 Apr 2015 to 5 Apr 2019. Total amount of tax/duty on which penalties are based: £26,840.64. Penalties charged: £18,318.71.