Dundee businessman Charlie Kean has ended his much-publicised court battle with the taxman after settling his debts in full.
The roofing business boss was due to defend a sequestration action brought at the city’s sheriff court by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, however his solicitor Kenneth Glass confirmed to The Courier that he had now cleared the outstanding amount.
The case called at the civil court where Mr Glass was able to tell the sheriff that the matter was now settled and the petition by HMRC was being withdrawn by their legal team.
Mr Kean was not present in the sheriff court for the hearing.
Mr Glass told The Courier: “Mr Kean had been involved in two large contracts from which he was due substantial amounts of money.
“Those amounts have now been paid to him and he was then able to forward the outstanding amount to HMRC and settle the debt in full,” he said.
A spokesman for HMRC declined to comment on the Kean case, simply stating: “Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs doesn’t comment on the tax affairs of individuals or businesses.”
At a previous hearing last month, Mr Kean made an interim payment of £35,000 by debit card, said by Mr Glass to be the lion’s share of the total sum owed.
He pledged that Mr Kean would be in a position to make another substantial payment in the near future.
His solicitor claimed that the problem had stemmed from the late payment of bills to Mr Kean’s roofing company, Kean 2 Slaters.
Mr Kean was asked to comment but declined to do so.