Please help - reporting my dad for tax evasion.

So my mum and dad have never married and have an extremely strained relationship when it comes to money. Unfortunately, we still live with my dad as that is the only way he’ll provide support for my sister (I’m now at uni and he makes nearly zero contribution for my studies). He’s repeatedly lied to HMRC about his income, declaring it as something like 19k a year when he owns his own business, boasts about thousands of pounds of deals he makes and receives over 4k in dividends per month (he’s told us this). He lied so that he didn’t need to pay child maintenance when we lived apart - my mum was unemployed at the time so we didn’t have any other choice but to move in so that he’d pay something towards me and my sisters living costs.

I don’t know whether to report him as he keeps making threats to take my mum to court, call social services on her etc and still pays far below what he should in terms of child maintenance. I’m reluctant to report him since we live together and he’d definitely suspect me since he’s divulged so much information to me. I know it’s anonymous and he deserves to be reported (he’s been convicted of domestic violence and related abuses) so I don’t feel bad but I don’t know what kind of impact this would have and if it would backfire. Please help

So my mum and dad have never married and have an extremely strained relationship when it comes to money. Unfortunately, we still live with my dad as that is the only way he’ll provide support for my sister (I’m now at uni and he makes nearly zero contribution for my studies). He’s repeatedly lied to HMRC about his income, declaring it as something like 19k a year when he owns his own business, boasts about thousands of pounds of deals he makes and receives over 4k in dividends per month (he’s told us this). He lied so that he didn’t need to pay child maintenance when we lived apart - my mum was unemployed at the time so we didn’t have any other choice but to move in so that he’d pay something towards me and my sisters living costs.

I don’t know whether to report him as he keeps making threats to take my mum to court, call social services on her etc and still pays far below what he should in terms of child maintenance. I’m reluctant to report him since we live together and he’d definitely suspect me since he’s divulged so much information to me. I know it’s anonymous and he deserves to be reported (he’s been convicted of domestic violence and related abuses) so I don’t feel bad but I don’t know what kind of impact this would have and if it would backfire. Please help

So my mum and dad have never married and have an extremely strained relationship when it comes to money. Unfortunately, we still live with my dad as that is the only way he’ll provide support for my sister (I’m now at uni and he makes nearly zero contribution for my studies). He’s repeatedly lied to HMRC about his income, declaring it as something like 19k a year when he owns his own business, boasts about thousands of pounds of deals he makes and receives over 4k in dividends per month (he’s told us this). He lied so that he didn’t need to pay child maintenance when we lived apart - my mum was unemployed at the time so we didn’t have any other choice but to move in so that he’d pay something towards me and my sisters living costs.

I don’t know whether to report him as he keeps making threats to take my mum to court, call social services on her etc and still pays far below what he should in terms of child maintenance. I’m reluctant to report him since we live together and he’d definitely suspect me since he’s divulged so much information to me. I know it’s anonymous and he deserves to be reported (he’s been convicted of domestic violence and related abuses) so I don’t feel bad but I don’t know what kind of impact this would have and if it would backfire. Please help

As much as your dad might be a **** and not doing right by you and your mum you don’t report family..tax evasion is serious time depending where you are like **** me in UK people are in prison with more time for tax evasion than they are assaults and rape. Personally would never report my family to police and if you do then all it’s going to do is push him more away and he’ll never speak to you or pay anything towards you either way not to mention he would hate all of you and probably would become aggressive, Think the guy above explained it well.

Don’t report family and even if they are being ***** all it will do is destroy the relationship fully and put you and your mum at risk, don’t think you’ve thought it through enough.

If he owns a business, its likely he's not lying about his income.

As income taxes are high its well known you take a low/modest income then take most of the cash as dividend payments.
So essentially he would likely pay corporate tax & depending how much money in dividends their will be an additional dividend tax.
Its really just about maximising accounting efficiency & is common practice for business owners.

Yes, this is what I expect however surely he needs to declare his income from dividends?

technically its different from personal income, its more like a payout from an investment.

I guess it depends what was agreed when the child support arrangement was drawn up.

Child maintenance is based on income - he’s concealed his income and sold the family home in the meantime, pocketing it all. Oh well, if there’s nothing to be done then good on him for being able to ruin as many lives as possible I guess

The thing is its fairly standard practice for business owners to pay themselves a modest income and take the rest as efficiently as possible. Had your parents been married your mother may have been entitled to a share of the business, but they weren't.
If the house is in his name and he bought it then technically it was his asset to cash in.

I understand you feel as a father he should contribute more. But moral & legal obligations are not the same thing.
(if you want advise you should ask a lawyer, rather then an anonymous forum).

Look if you don't want to live with your Dad crack on without him. (And without his money)

But to cut him out and then want him to pay towards you is pathetic IMO
(i.e. basically saying Dad we don't want to live with you but we don't mind having your money) Shameless.
If you and your mum don't wanna live with him, why shamelessy leech off his money.

Have some self-respect and say "Dad, we don't want to live with you, and we don't need your money either"

What self-respecting person would wanna give money their hard-earned to people who don't even wanna live with him?
So you can't blame him.

If you want money, simple solution: get a job and earn it like he has to and stop being a shameless, parasitic, freeloading scrounger, feeling entitled to money which you didn't earn.

Look if you don't want to live with your Dad crack on without him. (And without his money)

But to cut him out and then want him to pay towards you is pathetic IMO
(i.e. basically saying Dad we don't want to live with you but we don't mind having your money) Shameless.
If you and your mum don't wanna live with him, why shamelessy leech off his money.

Have some self-respect and say "Dad, we don't want to live with you, and we don't need your money either"

What self-respecting person would wanna give money their hard-earned to people who don't even wanna live with him?
So you can't blame him.

If you want money, simple solution: get a job and earn it like he has to and stop being a shameless, parasitic, freeloading scrounger, feeling entitled to money which you didn't earn.