On 1 April I stated:
"Figures from HMRC show that in the last four years the average length of time that Stamp Duty Land tax (SDLT) investigations have taken to complete is an average of 35 months. Rayner admitted she may have paid the wrong tax on 5 September last year, only seven months ago…"
This morning, Pippa Crerar (a political activist posing as a Guardian journalist) broke the news that Rayner has paid the £40K tax due and has been exonerated by HMRC of any wrong doing and was not "careless".
Tax experts, eg Dan Neidle, are having trouble believing this.
Disregarding whether she was "careless" or not, I am having serious trouble believing that a case that would normally take HMRC 35 months to investigate, has been sorted out in 7 months.
Ordinary taxpayers would not receive such swift service!
Please can someone in HMRC explain how it is that Rayner (on the very day there may be a leadership challenge) has received clearance from HMRC so quickly?
BTW, Rayner has been able to find this £40K because she has just been paid £50K by a newly formed company Refrigeration House Ltd for "staff costs".
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The corruption continues.... I worked at HMRC for 18 years and this doesn't surprise me. The organisation is, in the words of a recent contributor, "decayed from top to bottom".
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