Photo: ODT FilesFive members of one family have been sent to prison and home detention after a $2.3 million tax evasion case brought by Inland Revenue. They were part of a family group of eleven who initially faced charges they'd been part of co-ordinated tax evasion effort over a seven-year period. "Once they'd heard much of the Crown evidence against them, these five entered guilty pleas in relation to the GST and income tax returns of the businesses for which they were responsible, and their own income tax return," he said. "This is not trivial tax evasion. "IR's prosecution action was a success with the five defendants entering guilty pleas to charges of filing 366 false income tax, GST and personal tax returns evasion relating to their own tax affairs and those of their 11 companies."

Source: Otago Daily Times October 02, 2019 21:45 UTC