Christopher Allan Mankin faced 2 representative charges of not providing information to Inland Revenue with the intention of evading the assessment or payment of income tax and GST.
He was sentenced to six months community detention and ordered to pay $22,549.50 in reparation. The Court noted that Mankin is no stranger to this type of offending, a reference to previous tax offending.
Judge Paul remitted $3,000 in fines owed by Mankin (in exchange for 150 hours community work) to allow him to make reparations at $70 per week as the public purse needed to be repaid.
Mankin registered for income tax in May 2011 and should have filed income tax returns every July. He registered for GST in February 2013 and was required to file GST returns every second month.
His bank accounts showed regular income from building work, yet no returns were filed between 2018 and 2020.
Mankin was fully aware of his tax obligations because he was sentenced and convicted in 2019 in relation to 34 changes of failing to provide information in relation to income tax and GST over a 5 year period. However, he simply continued to fail to comply with his income tax and GST obligations.
The total tax evaded was $40,618.60 - $26,027.10 in income tax and $14,591.50 in GST.
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