LONDON: Hasan Nawaz, son of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, has been declared a “deliberate tax defaulter” by the UK (UK) authorities’s Income and Customs (HMRC).
The UK authorities has up to date the listing of defaulters on its official web site, which included Hasan’s title, declaring him a deliberate tax defaulter.
The UK authorities declared Hasan Nawaz “tax defaulter” as he didn’t pay £9.4 million in taxes between April 5, 2015 and April 6, 2016.
The UK tax authority has imposed a £5.2 million penalty on the son of former prime minister, in line with the identical web site. The interval of default is from April 6, 2015 to April 5, 2016.
Nawaz was not out there for remark however a authorized supply near him stated he had paid all of the “due taxes” for a similar interval however the HMRC requested him for extra taxes a number of years later —after the time bar interval — and he disputed and refused to pay extra taxes. “Nawaz’s chapter will likely be sending subsequent month, in April 2025,” stated the supply.
It emerged late final 12 months that Hasan has been declared bankrupt by the London Excessive Courtroom in a tax and legal responsibility case of the UK authorities’s tax and income division.
The official UK Gazette, which retains the general public file, had printed particulars of the chapter. It stated that Hasan, a resident of Flat 17 Avenfield Home, 118 Park Lane, and the corporate director had been declared bankrupt within the Excessive Courtroom Of Justice in case No 694 of 2023; filed on 25 August 2023. The chapter order was issued on April 29, 2024, on a case introduced by the collectors over non-payment.
The civil case was initiated by Her Majesty’s Income and Customs (HMRC) division towards Nawaz, who was represented by Kaur Maxwell.
In keeping with the UK legal guidelines, a chapter order is a part of the non-public insolvency course of. It’s issued to a person from the court docket, making them bankrupt. Chapter orders are solely printed within the London Gazette when acquired from The Insolvency Service.
A bankrupt can not act as a director or be concerned in any manner within the administration of an organization till discharged from chapter until he has obtained permission from the court docket to proceed as a director. He continues to be a director of a lot of corporations within the UK.
Nawaz was not out there to remark. A supply near him stated his authorized crew is trying on the case and will likely be responding quickly.