Dunedin-based businesses in liquidation over tax liabilities

Two Dunedin-based companies owned by the same man have gone into liquidation over unpaid debts to Inland Revenue of more than $1.2 million.

Clickworks Design Ltd and Clickworks Manufacturing Ltd were put into liquidation last month, after both companies were served with demands for payments.

They were owned by sole director and shareholder Leslie John McKenzie, of Dunedin. Both companies failed to comply with the demands for payments, according to the respective statements of claim.

It is understood the companies were owed money from a collapsed project involving prison refurbishment through Australian company, Decmil Construction. The statement of claim shows Clickworks Design Ltd, which was incorporated a decade ago and is registered to a central Dunedin address, owed Inland Revenue $943,300. That included PAYE of $529,628, non-payment penalties of $145,923, and a late payment/filing penalty of $106,669. Clickworks Manufacturing Ltd, which was incorporated on October 24, 2017, owes Inland Revenue $315,587, including non-payment penalties of $125,944 and a late payment/filing penalty of $42,090. The liquidations did not affect McKenzie’s other companies, which manufacture steel frames from a factory at Waimate under the trading name Steeltec.

McKenzie is described as a director of Moduletec group on Steeltec’s website, where it says he supports the team in ‘‘providing clientele with specialised, high quality and accessible options in steel framing’’. He has a strong history in architecture and design, and has spent ‘‘many decades in business and the construction industry’’, the website says.

McKenzie is also a licensed building practitioner, the website says.