In a stunning admission that has rocked the Labour government, UK Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has confessed to underpaying stamp duty on her luxurious £800,000 seaside flat in Hove, East Sussex. The revelation, which came after days of intense media scrutiny and mounting pressure, sees Rayner agreeing to cough up the additional tax while referring herself to the Prime Minister's ethics adviser for investigation.
But this mea culpa raises serious questions: How did a senior politician, who also serves as Housing Secretary, manage to "accidentally" dodge around £40,000 in taxes? And does this point to deliberate fraud and deception?
Source The PalArse of Westminster
Suffice to say, she's currently blaming her adviser/advisers!
Tax does have to be taxing.
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Pwowd Norvvernerr and questionable individual.
ReplyDeleteChampagne Socialism at it's finest. They're all rinsing this country and taking us for a ride.
Fighting for their rights not those of the workers
She is a lowlife. Period
ReplyDeleteShe was grabbing what she could at the expense of the exchequer.
ReplyDeleteShe's not fit to work at HMRC, let alone be Deputy Prime Minister.
Sack her.
Hot off the Press.
ReplyDeleteAn untenable position, you might say for the Deputy Prime Minister.
Goodbye, dearest Angela
Tick Tock goes the clock..
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/tax/news/hmrc-opens-investigation-angela-rayner-tax-affairs/
It appears that the issue revolves around ownership of the Ashton-under-Lyne property, which has been transferred to a trust for her disabled son. Rayner claims to have been advised incorrectly. You can choose whether to believe this or not, but perhaps we should wait for the results of the inquiry.
ReplyDeleteTo digress slightly, does this story have anything to do with HMRC being shite or not?
hmrc are investigating it
DeleteThey're still shite and exceptionally good at pissing hundreds of millions of our money up the wall on computer contracts.
DeleteRun by Herbert's more interested in doing f*@+ing podcasts
https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/money/article/outdated-hmrc-tech-means-thousands-of-investors-face-tax-penalty-hxmrxqsnk
The Telegraph story is behind a paywall.
DeleteAccording to the BBC it is Rayner who has contacted HMRC. Given that the error was only admitted this morning that sounds credible.