An Indian-origin couple, who own a restaurant in New Zealand, were today sentenced to eight months home detention for tax evasion as they had not declared 1 million dollars in cash sales.
Taruun and Shetall Khurana, who ran the Indian Kitchen restaurant in Howick, were sentenced in Manukau District Court this morning on four charges of tax evasion.
The couple who did not declare more than 1 million dollars in cash sales at their Auckland restaurant and were sentenced to eight months' home detention, New Zealand Herald reported.
Patrick Goggin, group manager at Inland Revenue, said the couples' offending had ripped off taxpayers by almost 4,50,000 dollars.
"These people did not declare a large number of their cash sales and under-reported the real amount of wages they paid staff. This was all done for their personal benefit," he said.
"This result is a victory for all fair-minded taxpayers and a warning to those who think they can try to cheat the system and get away with it. You will be caught." he added.
Inland Revenue investigators uncovered more than USD 1 million in undeclared sales over a six-year period.
