Nursery World - Jailed nursery boss ordered to pay HMRC more than £900,000

The co-owner of a nursery group jailed for defrauding his employees of nearly a million pounds in tax and national insurance contributions has been ordered to pay back the cash or face a longer sentence.

Michael Scott, now 64, has been ordered to pay back £921,177 within three months or face a further six and a half years in jail – and he would still owe the money to HM Revenue and Customs.

At the time of the fraud he was the owner of PixXieS Day Nursery and Pixies Too, with two branches in Locks Heath and Woolston in Southampton.

Mr Scott was found guilty of defrauding 180 employees of £950,000 by deducting their Pay As You Earn (PAYE) income tax and NI contributions from his workers’ salaries, and then failed to declare and pay HMRC the money. He also failed to declare and pay employer NI.

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