A Coromandel woman has been sentenced to seven months home detention and 200 hours community service for tax charges. Georgie Jensen was sentenced on December 3rd, in the Waihi District Court, after pleading to 13 counts of non-payment of PAYE. Graham Pomeroy, Inland Revenue Assurance Manager, commented on the offences, saying "Failure to meet PAYE obligations is a breach of trust between the director and the employees. But in Jensen's case, it wasn't just PAYE but also child support and student loan deductions”. Georgia ... Read More

Home detention has been sentenced to an Auckland based man for GST fraud. Derek Hugh Perry was sentenced to 12 month home detention on the 3rd of June, after he was found guilty on 22 charges of GST fraud. Seemingly due to his poor health, Derek Perry was sentenced to home detention, as opposed to jail time. In the time between May 2005 and May 2007, while based in Taupo, Derek Hugh Perry filed false returns for two businesses, of which he was ... Read More

An Auckland man has been convicted to 15 month of jail time for GST fraud. Auckland based Graham Ashley Robert Palmer, has been sentenced to 15 month in jail for his GST fraud. He has already served jail time for previous GST fraud in 1988, the offense amounted to $2.6 million of fraud. In this case, in the August of 2006, Graham Ashley Robert Palmer submitted an electronic GST return for a company for whom he is the only shareholder, Rexon Ltd. It ... Read More