A West Auckland tax evader has failed to have his prison term swapped for home detention.
It is the second time that Clive Stephen William Bench's challenge against his jail sentence has failed.
Bench, who is in his late 50s and was declared bankrupt in April 2015, pleaded guilty a raft of charges for failing to provide information to Inland Revenue with intent to evade the assessment or payment of tax.
He also admitted three charges of providing incomplete information to IRD that allowed someone else to obtain a tax refund which he knew they weren't entitled to.
The amount of tax losses as a result of Bench's offending was almost $400,000.