Individuals and companies in Watford have been publicly named by the government for dodging tax payments over hundreds of thousands of pounds. 

HMRC’s published details of deliberate tax defaulters and provides information about people and businesses given financial penalties for failing to comply with tax obligations or knowingly filing errors in tax returns.

Details are published when a person or business has made at least one intentional default on more than £25,000, according to HMRC.

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

HMRC’s latest update was made on September 26. These are the individuals and businesses in Watford to have been added:

Gabriel-Dane Cozmei

Trade/occupation: Window installer

Address: Formerly of 175C Queens Road, Watford, WD17 2QH and 8 Clyston Road, Watford, WD18 6JR

Period of default: 6 April 2017 to 5 April 2019

Total amount of tax/duty on which penalties are based: £55,857.86

Total amount of penalties charged: £39,100.50

Elly Construction Limited

Trade/occupation: Build new houses and refurbish old houses

Address: Formerly of 35 Munden Grove, Watford, WD24 7EF

Period of default: 20 November 2019 to 31 January 2021

Total amount of tax/duty on which penalties are based: £47,659.70

Total amount of penalties charged: £30,025.60

Rigcharm Limited

Trade/occupation: Wholesaler of electronic products

Address: Formerly of Unit 7, Orbital 25 Business Park, Dwight Road, Watford, WD18 9DA

Period of default: 1 August 2011 to 30 November 2013

Total amount of tax/duty on which penalties are based: £359,586.62

Total amount of penalties charged: £202,759

The above addresses are associated with the person at the time of the tax default.  

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