Southland caterer sentenced to home detention for tax evasion
Thursday 5 June 2025 · 2 outlets · 2 reports · updated In this story Ministry of Education, Inland Revenue, Invercargill District Court
Debra Lee Monteith has been sentenced to 11 months of home detention by the Invercargill District Court. She was charged with aiding and abetting her company's failure to pay more than $800,000 in PAYE taxes. Her catering business had previously received over $780,000 in Covid support funding.