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    John Barnes

    Posted by The Outsider on 24/4/2024, 16:20:44

    Former England and Liverpool footballer John Barnes has been disqualified as a director after failing to pay £190,000 in VAT and corporation tax

    Insolvency Service investigations began after the footballer’s John Barnes Media Limited company went into liquidation in April 2023 after an HMRC winding up petition.

    Investigators revealed that between 2018 and 2020, the 60-year-old’s company failed to pay more than £190,000 in corporation tax and VAT, with HMRC its only known creditor when it ceased trading.

    Barnes, whose business was based in Byfleet in Surrey, has been banned from acting as a director for three and a half years.

    The former footballer earned 79 England caps during a professional playing career spanning almost two decades, and formed John Barnes Media Limited in September 2012 to handle his media work.

    Between November 2018 and October 2020, the company’s turnover was £441,798.

    Nothing was paid to HMRC in tax during that period, despite the company filing returns showing what the VAT payments should have been.

    The Insolvency Service’s investigation showed that John Barnes Media failed to pay £78,839 in corporation tax between August 2018 and January 2020, when the company ceased trading. The company also failed to pay £115,272 in VAT between February 2019 and 2020.

    Mike Smith, Chief Investigator at the Insolvency Service, said: ‘John Barnes had a legal duty to ensure his company paid the correct amount of corporation tax and VAT. Instead, it paid no tax whatsoever between November 2018 and October 2020, despite receiving earnings of well over £400,000.

    ‘This disqualification should serve as a deterrent to other directors that if you do not pay your taxes while directing money elsewhere, you are at risk of being banned.’

    Insolvency Service investigations into Barnes’ conduct as a director began in September 2023.

      Re: John Barnes

      Posted by HH on 24/4/2024, 19:34:06, in reply to "John Barnes"

      There's only one way to beat them, get around the VAT*



      *Stolen from twitter. I wish I was that witty.

        Re: John Barnes

        Posted by MG on 24/4/2024, 17:21:12, in reply to "John Barnes"

        If they are saying he basically didn't pay it deliberately then surely there really ought to be more suitable punishment.

          Re: John Barnes

          Posted by James on 24/4/2024, 18:02:01, in reply to "Re: John Barnes"

          Probably leaves these matters with his accountant as do most thick high wage earners

            Re: John Barnes

            Posted by m on 24/4/2024, 18:42:47, in reply to "Re: John Barnes"

            he probably didn't earn massive wages by today's standards

              Re: John Barnes

              Posted by James on 24/4/2024, 18:47:36, in reply to "Re: John Barnes"

              Through his business he might have also he probably does Liverpool corporate stuff.

          Re: John Barnes

          Posted by Sensible man on 24/4/2024, 16:30:09, in reply to "John Barnes"

          Shame for him decent fella met him at a wedding last year said he hoped luton would do well this year hell of a player in his day, that goal v Brazil was out of this world

            Re: John Barnes

            Posted by m on 24/4/2024, 16:32:04, in reply to "Re: John Barnes"

            For maybe 2/3 seasons with Liverpool. He was the best footballer in the league.

              Re: John Barnes

              Posted by Decoder on 24/4/2024, 17:03:14, in reply to "Re: John Barnes"

              He was virtually unplayable between 1987 and 1990 for Liverpool. Shame he couldn't replicate that form for England during that period.

                Re: John Barnes

                Posted by Bellend spotter on 24/4/2024, 17:26:34, in reply to "Re: John Barnes"

                Agreed. I remember his free kick against Arsenal with some classic Brian Moore commentary

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