Staff Reporter –
The Manukau District Court sentenced an Indian couple to home detention of eight months on four charges of tax evasion.
Inland Revenue Department (IRD), which brought the charges against Taruun and Shetall, owners of ‘Indian Kitchen Restaurant’ in the East Auckland suburb of Howick, said that they did not declare more than $1 million cash sales.
IRD Group Manager Patrick Goggin said that the offending meant that taxpayers were ripped off by almost $450,000.
“These people did not declare a large number of their cash sales and under-reported the real wages paid to staff. This was done for their personal benefit. The verdict is a victory for all fair-minded taxpayers and a warning to those who think that they can try to cheat the system and get away with it,” he said.
