HMRC's Power Grab

 

😵😠It beggars belief. Now it is crystal clear why HMRC - in their calamitous case of mistaken identity - apologised on 18 Feb via Mike Warburton's article in the @telegraph for sending me a bankruptcy letter relating to smuggling - having wrongly named and shamed me on their… pic.twitter.com/ZBFVctoWYj

— Gabrielle O'Donovan (@GabrielleO61890) March 27, 2025

Gabrielle O'Donovan's post highlights her wrongful inclusion on HMRC's Deliberate Defaulters List due to a mistaken identity, linking her to smuggling despite her being an academic author with no criminal ties, as detailed in her memoir "Gino's Contraband."

HMRC's apology on February 18 via a Telegraph article, as noted by Mike Warburton, addressed the bankruptcy letter but not her initial listing, fuelling her criticism of HMRC's push for expanded powers to "name and shame" suspected tax facilitators.

The post ties into a broader context of HMRC's recent errors, like the withdrawn bankruptcy petition against Ugo Monye in March 2025, where HMRC failed to locate the former rugby player despite his public media presence.

Tax does have to be taxing.

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