@theipaper ‘ Lord Forsyth particularly accused Mel Stride, the minister responsible for HMRC, of not fulfilling his “first duty to parliament”. ’
https://t.co/KxkaBPJc9T
@ContractorCalc Stride is the worst example of a career politician who will do or say anything to get power. An @hmtreasury apologist and puppet, he will be forever remembered as the person who helped with the #LoanCharge scandal cover-up, which resulted in more than a dozen suicides. So far.
@matilda_peace@ExHMRCInspector@nobigfish We are all VERY inconvenient witnesses to HMRC's sleeping on the job for 20 years. I assure you they'd me more than happy if we all died from the stress they impose on us, as it would make the whole matter quietly go away. Yes, they are that cynical. @Ray_McCann55 knows it well.
@MelJStride All politicians regardless of party/colour break promises not to mention lie for their own personal gain.
Some politicians even force electorates into debt & taking their own lives.
Funny how all politicians have very short memories.
Yesterday's post about a Loan Charge settlement HMRC can't seem to process seemed to resonate deeply.
What stood out in the replies wasn't anger about the tax. It was exhaustion.
People have been living with this for the best part of a decade. Unresolved. Recalculated. Passed between teams. Told to wait for a review, then told to wait again.
At some point, delay stops being an administrative failing and becomes the harm itself. It almost feels like a purposeful personal attack - rather than just sheer negligence and poor service.
People need an ending. The system doesn't seem built to give them one - and i'm not sure the Loan Charge Review and settlement scheme is the answer either.
@anniemart27@HMRCVictim@ExHMRCInspector Odd that - i’ve written to them four times & not a word back.
Yet all their mail to me has penalties if i don’t do as they ask
Hardly a level playing field, not to mention all the b0ll0cks from civil servants & treat all equal.
@KemiBadenoch your party does not exactly have a great record.
Look at the damage Mel Stride caused with loan change to name one.
Not to mention the covid farce.
Truth is NO party can be trusted.
Politicians only in it for their own personal greed.
This has been a very difficult few years but I am now ready to reveal the documents that HMRC managed to keep out of court. They show that an industrial tax avoidance industry was maintained by officials who, until it became untenable, misled MPs, Ministers and Parliament.
@pm12396674@abz4819@afneil@jamesmurray_ldn i’m sure hmrc will try and attempt to recover their costs with ridicules fees & charges not to mention the blackmailing sign & agree or face a fine of 50% of the charge.
@SM00055 would not surprise me.
in fact i can’t help thinking they have an internal competition for each of the groups working on cases receiving bonuses for the most victims they suppress into admitting & paying for a crime they never committed.