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Thinking of reporting someone for tax evasion

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Millie689 · 25/12/2021 17:07

Sorry if this is in the wrong section. I know someone who does not pay tax and only deals cash in hand. Last week he was paid by a customer £12k in cash. He buys bulk products from a company and sells them in bulk to customers. The only reason I want to report him is because he has sexually assaulted me and I'm too scared to go to the police. I have asked him on many occasions to stop touching me and I've reached breaking point. He also claims benefits for his children. I know all details but I wonder if I should just let this go and hope karma gets him instead?

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user15364596354862 · 25/12/2021 17:11

Is he continuing to sexually abuse you? Because I think safeguarding you is more important and reporting him to HMRC won't achieve that.

Do you have any support? Have you had support for the sexual assaults?

MordenLarch · 25/12/2021 17:15

Sorry that’s happened to you. I’d do what the other poster suggests

LIZS · 25/12/2021 17:24

I doubt hmrc will react very quickly . Can you find an online or phone support service re. The abuse, to give you the confidence to report and get away from the situation. He clearly believes he has power over you by his behaviour and reporting him is probably the better route to protecting yourself.

user15364596354862 · 25/12/2021 17:27

You don't need to involve the police to access support.

drpet49 · 25/12/2021 17:36

Why are you too scared to go the police?

PotteringAlong · 25/12/2021 17:41

I would report him to HMRC and to the police

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Millie689 · 25/12/2021 18:34

I run a small business, its a ltd company which I opened when I started to buy stock from him - everything was good at first, I met with his wife and his kids and I actually used to buy the stock from his hometown - he then decided its best to go down to his unit where nobody else is and that's when he has started to change.

I'm scared to report him to the police because he knows where I live and I wonder if it is wrong to pay for the stock in cash because he doesn't let me pay into his bank account but I have proof I withdraw on the days he asks me to see stock. He forcefully tries to kiss me and I have yelled him to stop and then he apologises. Last week he hurt my leg, neck and face, he later called to apologise. For the record I have never made any suggestion or flirted with him, he is old enough to be my dad and I am a lot younger, I'm younger than his daughters. I have to go see him next year as I owe him money for the stock. I really don't know what I should do

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LIZS · 25/12/2021 18:41

Take your business elsewhere and block him.

RoseRedRoseBlue · 25/12/2021 18:46

You absolutely have to report this to the Police. Tax evasion is the least of the issue here. This guy is winding up to a serious sexual assault.

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Millie689 · 25/12/2021 18:49

@LIZS

Take your business elsewhere and block him.
Yes I am going to. I just need to pay him off. Nobody deserves to be treated badly. I only started the small business so that I can save enough money to go to university but it's not been worth it at all.
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Luredbyapomegranate · 25/12/2021 18:53

Report him to to the police. Write down everything that’s happened.

Sure, also report him to the tax office.

Sorry you went through this, if he doesn’t do things by the book, can you just retain the stock and cut ties?

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Millie689 · 25/12/2021 18:53

@RoseRedRoseBlue

You absolutely have to report this to the Police. Tax evasion is the least of the issue here. This guy is winding up to a serious sexual assault.
I don't have the confidence yet. The tax evasion is all I can think of to make him suffer. I have no one to talk to about this. I live alone I want to talk to someone about it, someone who can help me out as I feel really upset and scared.
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CoastalWave · 25/12/2021 18:53

You're reporting him for the wrong reason.

Stop dealing with it. Pay off your debts. Report him to the police for harassment if you feel you are up to that.

But personally, I would just steer well clear. You send someone else to pay him - it's quite simple.

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Millie689 · 25/12/2021 19:00

@CoastalWave

You're reporting him for the wrong reason.

Stop dealing with it. Pay off your debts. Report him to the police for harassment if you feel you are up to that.

But personally, I would just steer well clear. You send someone else to pay him - it's quite simple.

I know. I'm just so overwhelmed with everything that has happened I'm not able to think straight.

I will absolutely do my best to pay him by the end of January

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Pistou · 25/12/2021 21:50

Report to HMRC and the police

Theunamedcat · 25/12/2021 21:55

Well if he is running an illegal operation your now implicated arnt you? you can't just buy dodgy stock?

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Millie689 · 25/12/2021 22:26

@Theunamedcat

Well if he is running an illegal operation your now implicated arnt you? you can't just buy dodgy stock?
It's not dodgy stock - it is from a company that is allowed to sell stock in pallets but this guy who gets the pallets pays for the stock in cash - I buy off him and he gives me the receipts as obviously I need them for my accounts and he doesn't because he avoids the tax
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Darbs76 · 01/01/2022 22:21

Please don’t go there alone to give him the money you owe him. Yes report him, but ideally he needs reporting to the police. Put your phone on audio recording next time you see him (ideally not alone but if you do you will have some evidence). Better not to risk it though. I’d report him to HMRC regardless

ememem84 · 08/01/2022 11:34

Post a cheque to him? Then just stop.

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