Roofer dodged £250,000 revenue tax invoice by hiding earnings for a decade

A roofer who was jailed for fiddling a £250,000 income tax bill has been ordered to hand over more than £96,000.

William Miller, 47, was snared after a major HMRC probe into tax fraud and money laundering revealed he was concealing his true income.

He used a financial firm to avoid paying the taxman but an investigation revealed self-employed Miller cashed 303 cheques in a bid to conceal his cash flow.

A search of his home in Larkhall, Lanarkshire, discovered £1,700 in a make-up case and £9,500 in a wardrobe.

William Miller, 47, was jailed for avoiding over £250,000 worth of income tax has been ordered to pay over £96,000

Miller appeared at Hamilton Sheriff Court and admitted evading £250,000 of income tax between May 2010 and November 2019 and was jailed for 18 months in February.

He claimed had taken out a £30,000 bank loan, sold his car for £28,000 and was re-mortgaging his home in a bid to escape jail.

Miller was released on a tag last month after serving just five months behind bars and returned to court for a confiscation hearing where he agreed to hand over £96,103.

Eddie Kelly, defending, said: ‘This matter will now resolve.’

Miller admitted to evading income tax between May 2010 and November 2019 at Hamilton Sheriff Court (pictured)

Depute fiscal Megan McGurk said: ‘The agreed amount is £96,103.’

Miller had originally been charged with failing to declare income totalling £659,178 but prosecutors accepted his plea to the lesser amount.

His not guilty plea to a charge which alleged he had avoided paying £60,074 of National Insurance was accepted.

Sheriff Liam Murphy granted the confiscation order.