Originally Posted by
Iain Mac
For anyone thinking about concealing their status as a trader, this came in on the Automotive Management email today:
Car salesman could face jail for consumer offences
10/04/2012
A former used car salesman is facing jail after admitting flouting consumer protection laws.
Nazir Jafari tricked car buyers by placing adverts in Auto Trader under different mobile phone numbers and claiming he was selling them privately.
In reality, he was a trader who owned used car firm Nazir Motors.
At Birmingham Magistrates’ Court, he admitted 12 charges of falsely claiming to be a private seller, contrary to consumer protection regulations.
Magistrates adjourned the case for a pre-sentence report and warned Jafari he could face a prison sentence.
He will be sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court on May 8, reports the Birmingham Mail.
http://www.birminghammail.net/news/t...7319-30721156/
confirms exactly what i said earlier
they WILL catch you , the tax man is now losing millions due to the internet providing a showroom window for anyone and everyone to be a trader but think they can do it on the side
Its far easier to go legit ( even if its just a weekend thing ) and pay the taxman rather than get caught
They are finaly starting to grasp the fact that all the dole scroungers trading in everything from cars to clothes on the net are pushing the legit businesses under and that they are losing billions from the legit tarders and its hurting them regards there cut
