A famous Angus fish and chip restaurant has been named and shamed in a list of “deliberate” UK tax dodgers.
The Bell Rock in Ladyloan, Arbroath, which introduced the world to the deep-fried and battered Arbroath smokie, owes the taxman £116,258.
DNB Leisure Ltd, trading as the Bell Rock, is also facing a penalty of £77,312 for the offences which took place between June 1 2011 and March 27 2013.
The Bell Rock’s name was changed from the Bervie chipper in 2006 and for a long time it was the only fish and chips business to hold the sea fish quality award.
It was included in the latest list of tax dodgers published on the HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) website.
The Bell Rock was still trading when contacted by The Courier but staff said there was nobody from management available to respond to the HMRC publication.
According to Companies House DNB Leisure is in liquidation.
Its records show the company was incorporated in May 2011 and it failed to file accounts.
There was a court-ordered wind-up notice in May this year.
DNB Leisure Ltd could not be contacted for comment.
William Henry Gray scrap metal and car breaker of Kirkcaldy also appears on the list, with unpaid taxes of £127,741.
An HMRC statement read: “Each defaulter named has chosen not to take the opportunity to fully disclose the extent of their tax liability or cooperate with an HMRC investigation.
“They have either deliberately submitted inaccurate returns, deliberately failed to comply with an obligation, or deliberately committed a wrongdoing which would have cheated the exchequer out of more than £25,000 if HMRC had not carried out an investigation.”
Defaulters come from a range of sectors and those previously named have included construction firms and hairdressers.