A CHESTER and an Ellesmere Port business owner are among those that have been named and shamed on the Government's list of tax defaulters.

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.

In Cheshire, three individuals have been named - with one of them failing to pay the correct tax over a five-year period.

Between them they have managed to avoid paying tens of thousands of pounds worth of money into the system, while other companies and individuals have.

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

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

Below are the companies listed by HMRC:

These are the businesses that have been named and shamed by HMRC on June 17, 2021.

  • Thomas Craig Abley

Business, trade or occupation: Self-employed plasterer

Address: Durham Road, Blacon, Chester

Period of default: April 6, 2015 to April 5, 2020

Total amount of tax/duty on which penalties are based: £34,473.49

Total amount of penalties charged: £22,924.86

  • John Derek Byrne

Business, trade or occupation: Income from employment

Address: Ringway, Great Sutton, Ellesmere Port, formerly of Hylton Court, Ellesmere Port, and Cambridge Road, Ellesmere Port

Period of default: April 6, 2016 to April 5, 2020

Total amount of tax/duty on which penalties are based: £36,872.95

Total amount of penalties charged: £18,713.01

  • The Tax Repayment Agency Ltd

Business, trade or occupation: Tax agent

Address: St James House, 14 Moody Street, Congleton

Period of default: July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017

Total amount of tax/duty on which penalties are based: £44,006.67

Total amount of penalties charged: £27,724.20

A spokesperson for HMRC said: “We are committed to making sure people pay the tax they owe.

"For the minority who refuse to pay, HMRC has a range of tools available and we are able to publish the names of those penalised under civil procedures for deliberately defaulting on certain tax obligations.

"This is about influencing behaviour by encouraging defaulters to engage with HMRC.”