Adviser convicted of tax fraud after retrial

05 January 2016

Issue: 4532 / Categories: Tax cases

A tax adviser to the media industry has been convicted of evading more than £6m in tax.

Dennis Lunn ran a Sussex-based accountancy firm, Christopher Lunn & Co, whose 7,000-plus clients included many from the media and entertainment worlds. An HMRC investigation uncovered evidence of a range of serious offences, which included inflating accountancy fees and fraudulent use of trading losses.

A tax adviser to the media industry has been convicted of evading more than £6m in tax.

Dennis Lunn ran a Sussex-based accountancy firm Christopher Lunn & Co whose 7 000-plus clients included many from the media and entertainment worlds. An HMRC investigation uncovered evidence of a range of serious offences which included inflating accountancy fees and fraudulent use of trading losses.

Lunn stood trial at Southwark Crown Court in September 2013 charged with six counts of cheating the public revenue. He was acquitted on two charges but the jury was unable to reach a verdict on the remaining four.

At the retrial a jury found him guilty of all four counts of cheating the public revenue. He was due to be sentenced on 6 January 2016.

Confiscation proceedings are being considered to reclaim any financial gain obtained as a result of this criminal activity.

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