Self Employed Sole Trader in bad Tax + VAT arrears - any advice welcome

Do you think that there is a realistic chance of an evasion charge?

I have been reading a bit online this evening and it seems that this usually occurs in the case of someone willfully attempting to hide/ deceive with regards to their VAT amounts due. In my case I have kept accurate records of everything as I always intended to pay (hence seeking an accountant).

A large part of my reason for finding it so difficult to do it all myself that I didn’t mention in the original post - there’s so much manual work involved in data entry, organisation and calculations etc with margin scheme accounting in my particular case. (Probably not relevant but thought I would mention).

Do you think that there is a realistic chance of an evasion charge?

I have been reading a bit online this evening and it seems that this usually occurs in the case of someone willfully attempting to hide/ deceive with regards to their VAT amounts due. In my case I have kept accurate records of everything as I always intended to pay (hence seeking an accountant).

A large part of my reason for finding it so difficult to do it all myself that I didn’t mention in the original post - there’s so much manual work involved in data entry, organisation and calculations etc with margin scheme accounting in my particular case. (Probably not relevant but thought I would mention).

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