Vincent Christopher Larkin (51), from Bracknell, Berkshire, received a six-year disqualification order in the High Court of Justice before Insolvency & Companies Court Judge Jones.
During proceedings, the court heard that Mr Larkin was the director of a scaffolding company called V Larkin Limited. Trading as Olympic Scaffolding, the scaffolder firm was incorporated in February 2006.
The firm, however, went into liquidation in May 2019 and V Larkin Limited’s insolvency triggered an investigation by the Insolvency Service.
Investigators uncovered that Mr Larkin caused the scaffolders to trade to the detriment of the tax authorities when V Larkin Limited failed to pay £209,000 worth of business and employee-related tax from the tax year ended 2016/2017.
Further inquiries revealed that between April 2017 and right up to the point the company was heading into liquidation in May 2019, Mr Larkin caused the scaffolders to make payments totalling close to £489,000, but no payments were identified as having been made to the tax authorities.
Mr Larkin did not attend court and in his absence was disqualified and ordered to pay costs of £7,355.80.
