A liquidator has been appointed to five Auckland Domino's stores.

Five Domino's pizza stores in Auckland have been placed in liquidation after a franchisee failed to pay tax.

Franchisee Siddharth Sharma is the majority owner and director of Domino's stores on Auckland's Queen Street, Quay Street, Shortland Street, Hobsonville Road and Mount Eden Road.

Inland Revenue filed applications to liquidate the stores, at the Auckland High Court on December 13.

Sharma did not appear at the application hearing on Friday at which Associate Judge Hannah Sargisson​ appointed KPMG liquidator Vivian Fatupaito​.

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Sharma told Stuff he missed some tax payments last year because he "was doing too many things for one person".

He would not say how much money he owed Inland Revenue because he did not want to damage the Domino's brand.

He had been a New Zealand franchisee for the pizza chain for 10 years.

Domino's New Zealand general manager Scott Bushsaid Sharma's franchisee license was terminated on Friday. The stores would stay open, operated by Domino's management "until further notice".

"Our franchisees are independently-owned small businesses, and they are aware of their legal obligations as business owners," Bush said.

Inland Revenue would not comment on the case because it was before the court.