Businessman who filed inaccurate tax returns banned for seven years

The owner of a Bolton-based company that supplied construction workers has been disqualified from running companies for seven years.

Roman Bogdan Piotrowski, 45, from Manchester, was the sole director from April 2016 of RBT Dryliners and Plasterers.

The firm went into voluntary liquidation after just 12 months of him in charge.

Piotrowski has been banned from running any firms for filing inaccurate tax returns.

Irregularities in RBT Dryliners & Plasters UK’s tax returns triggered an investigation by the Insolvency Service.

An investigation found that from May 2016 to January 2017, Roman Piotrowski declared just over £423,000 to the tax authorities regarding the company’s Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) liabilities.

But it failed to declare further CIS liabilities worth close to £220,000.

The investigation also found that Roman Piotrowski did not pay correct levels of VAT, having filed inaccurate returns after failing to account for sales receipts of more than £3.9m.

Roman Piotrowski is banned for seven years from acting as a director or directly or indirectly becoming involved, without the permission of the court, in the promotion, formation or management of a company.

Jane Knight, deputy head of insolvent investigations at the Insolvency Service, said: “Roman Piotrowski failed to declare RBT Dryliners and Plasters UK’s true tax liabilities, depriving the exchequer of money rightfully owed.

“His disqualification will help prevent further loses to the public purse and also serves as a warning to other directors of their responsibilities and that disqualification will be the likely outcome should they fail to carry them out.”

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