An uncle and nephew who ran a kebab takeaway in Camden have been disqualified from acting as company directors for seven years each after they suppressed takings and sales that had been absent on submitted VAT returns
The disqualifications relate to Mehmet Demir and his uncle’s, Genc Ali Demir, management of Camden Kebab Ltd, which traded as kebab takeaway ‘Real Taste’.
A HMRC investigation found that the company had failed to record all of its takings and had therefore under-declared £71,474 in VAT.
During May and June 2016, HMRC carried out further investigations and discovered that the company ran a cash-only business and that the books and records it ought to have kept were inadequate and/or unsatisfactory.
At liquidation on 21 April 2017, HMRC stated that the company owed in excess of £297,000 for arrears of VAT, corporation tax and penalties.
HMRC issued Personal Liability Orders against both Genc Ali Demir and Mehmet Demir as their investigations led them to conclude both individuals ran the business despite officially it only being Mehmet Demir.
Genc Ali Demir and Mehmet Demir gave disqualification undertakings which were accepted by the Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, on 5 and 9 April, respectively.
Report by Amy Austin
