Name: RIYAZ PATEL

Name: FASHION MIX LIMITED

Date of Birth: 4 / 5 / 1978

Date Order Starts: 15 / 2 / 2024

Disqualification Length: 6 Years 0 Month(s)

CRO Number: 09682353

Last Known Address: 68 Uplands Road,, Oadby,, , , LEICESTER,, LE2 4NQ

Conduct: Between 21 April 2020 and 02 September 2020, Mr Riyaz Patel (“Mr Patel”) failed to ensure that Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (“CJRS”) claims submitted to HMRC by Fashion were correct. Further, between 16 November 2020 and 30 September 2021 Mr Patel caused Fashion to submit CJRS claims to HMRC that were incorrect. Claims totalling £249,069 were made for CJRS between 21 April 2020 and 30 September 2021, of these claims a total of £247,339 had been claimed incorrectly in that: The government introduced CJRS in order to assist employers who were unable to maintain their workforce because their business had been affected by coronavirus. CJRS enabled employers to put staff on temporary leave (furlough) with 80% of their wages being paid each month. Between 21 April 2020 and 30 September 2021 Fashion received a total of £247,249 in payments for CJRS. HMRC contacted Fashion on 11 January 2022 to advise them that they were opening a compliance check of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) grant. The letter stated “I need to look at the information you based your claim(s) on. This is to make sure you have: met the conditions for the receiving a CJRS grant, claimed the correct amount”. The letter requested information to be provided by 25 January 2022. On 25 March 2022, HMRC sent a notice of assessment for the recovery of incorrectly claimed CJRS for the period 21 April 2020 to 31 July 2020. The amount charged by the assessment was £26,394. On 25 March 2022, HMRC sent a notice of assessment for the recovery of incorrectly claimed CJRS for the period 01 August 2020 to 31 July 2021. The amount charged by the assessment totalled £184,325. On 25 March 2022, HMRC sent a notice of assessment for recovery of incorrectly claimed CJRS for the period 01 August 2021 to 31 July 2022. The amount charged by the assessment was £36,350. 

This information is correct as at 25 / 1 / 2024

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