Combined unpaid tax of £85,668.48 and penalties totalling £59,432.35 have landed two Stoke-on-Trent people and businesses on HM Revenue & Customs’ list of deliberate tax defaulters. HMRC’s local update names delivery driver Suhail Tabussm Javaid, who defaulted on £58,603.15 across multiple periods and was charged a £40,824.95 penalty, and mechanic Mark Paul Rosson, trading as Markanics, who defaulted on £27,065.33 and was fined £18,607.40. HMRC says entries appear where a person or firm has made at least one default on more than £25,000, that named details remain published for 12 months, and the list is updated quarterly. The next quarterly refresh is due in roughly three months’ time.
HM Revenue & Customs has publicly named two local people and businesses from Stoke-on-Trent after what it classified as deliberate tax defaults, according to HMRC’s latest local update. The combined unpaid tax for the two entries comes to £85,668.48, and the combined civil penalties imposed amount to £59,432.35.
Who was named in Stoke-on-Trent
The first local entry is Suhail Tabussm Javaid, described by HMRC as a delivery driver. HMRC’s update shows Mr Javaid defaulted on £58,603.15 across three separate tax periods. The periods are listed as April 6 2010 to April 5 2011, April 6 2014 to April 5 2019, and April 6 2020 to April 5 2021. HMRC recorded three addresses for Mr Javaid: Wellington Road, Hanley; Ivy House Road, Hanley; and Sun Street, Hanley. He was charged a penalty of £40,824.95.
The other Stoke-on-Trent name is Mark Paul Rosson, trading as Markanics, a mechanic registered at Unit 2 Bycars Road, Burslem. HMRC’s published details show Mr Rosson defaulted on £27,065.33 over the tax years April 6 2020 to April 5 2021 and April 6 2022 to April 5 2023. His penalty was recorded as £18,607.40.
National roll-out, HMRC rules and comment
The Stoke-on-Trent namings form part of a wider quarterly roll-out. Regional reporting of the HMRC publication noted that this cycle included roughly 140 individuals and businesses across the UK who were penalised for deliberately defaulting on tax. The regional pieces gave examples from other areas to illustrate the kinds of firms that appear on the list, with high street traders commonly included, such as takeaways, convenience stores, vape importers and shops.
Regional reporting also highlighted North East entries. In those examples, Dromonby Bridge Farm Ltd was shown as defaulting on £129,123.83 of tax and duty and attracting £71,018.10 in penalties for defaults between October 2018 and September 2019.
Another named business, John James Ivison joinery, was recorded as defaulting on £40,278.20 and fined £26,784.98 for defaults between April 2021 and April 2024.
One source reported a larger annual tally that doesn't appear across the regional coverage. According to that separate account, 583 companies were named and shamed by HMRC in 2025, with demands totalling nearly £533 million, comprising about £211 million in penalties and £322 million in unpaid tax. That larger annual figure and its breakdown were provided only in that one source and aren't repeated in the other regional reports.
HMRC sets out the criteria for appearance on the list. The tax authority says an entry appears where a person or firm has made at least one default on more than £25,000. Named details remain published for 12 months, and the list is refreshed every three months, HMRC added. Regional reporting emphasised that the public list covers civil penalties only and doesn't include criminal convictions for tax fraud. Those reports also noted that individuals or businesses could have avoided publication if they had made a full disclosure before HMRC began its investigation.
Kevin Hubbard, HMRC’s Director of Individuals and Small Business Compliance, was quoted in the regional briefings. He said, "We are actively tackling tax non-compliance among high street businesses across the UK, and these namings show we will act wherever we find it," and he reiterated that everyone on the list had the opportunity to make a full disclosure and didn't do so.
The differing scales and framings between the quarterly roll-out and the single-source annual total illustrate how the figures are reported. Regional reporting focuses on the quarterly cohort, noting roughly 140 named this cycle, while the larger annual company-level total and its component figures were presented in the one source that compiled the year’s count.
For those concerned about the permanence of entries, HMRC’s timetable means any name placed on the list remains publicly available online for 12 months. The list is refreshed quarterly, so the central record is updated on a three-month cycle.
HMRC’s quarterly public list is updated every three months, and the next refresh is due in roughly three months’ time, while each entry remains on the public register for 12 months.
This article was created with AI assistance.
