family man, football fan, spokesman for LCAG, was never in the plan
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Steve Packham retweeted
Jun 14
But you can't stop a rubber dinghy?
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Last night our armed forces intercepted one of Russia’s sanctioned ships in the Channel as part of the UK’s work cutting off the revenues that fund missiles, drones and the continued bombardment of Ukrainian cities.
These illegal ships exist to move sanctioned Russian oil and gas around the world to keep money flowing into Putin's war machine. We are taking action against this illegal activity in our waters.
Thank you to our armed forces and the NCA for their work to interdict this vessel.
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Steve Packham retweeted
LCAG has written to Daisy Cooper MP following failure of HMRC to answer her straightforward question - what is total cost of resolving remaining #LoanChargeScandal cases?
Thank you @libdemdaisy for question, please continue to press for truth.
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Steve Packham retweeted
We’re very concerned about this - we have expressed concern about loan recall several times, but it hasn’t been addressed by Government, HMRC or the recent #McCannReview all of which means people face paying income tax on a loan that they are also being forced to pay back.
Jun 10
The loan schemes were sold as HMRC-compliant. Many contractors have since settled their tax with HMRC. Now they're being told to repay the loans as well.
Let that sink in.
These were loans that, by design, were never meant to be repaid. They were sold to contractors as a legitimate, HMRC-compliant way to be paid. The entire pitch was that the money was a "loan," not income, so it sat outside income tax.
Now contractors are being hit from both directions over the very same arrangement:
• First by HMRC, via the loan charge, taxed as if it were income.
• Now by a third party, demanding repayment as if it were a genuine loan.
How can the same money be income and a loan at once? It can't, but contractors are being pursued as if it is: taxed by HMRC as income, then chased by a firm that bought up the old loan book. HMRC calls it a "rare occurrence." One law firm contesting the claims already has 650 clients.
Full breakdown of what HMRC actually says, the key court case, and where to get help.
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Three #LoanCharge reviews to date - HMT review under Theresa May, watered down to a slim templated HMRC report, Morse under Boris Johnson's tenure, and McCann under Starmer. Each descoped, then key recommendations worked around by Govt, HMT & HMRC. All to protect a failed policy
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Steve Packham retweeted
May 29
No tax is more unfair than the retrospective #LoanChargeScandal as well you know. Especially as it’s costing the taxpayer more to try to steal it than it is actually reaping. @LCAG_2019
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Steve Packham retweeted
May 21
Retarded Rachael Reeves has joined TikTok to tell 12-15 year olds that they will get free bus travel this summer.
At the same time retarded Rachael & her retarded government are trying to ban social media for guess what, under 16's.....🤔🤔
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Steve Packham retweeted
May 22
@MelJStride seems to have forgotten his 'bad manners' when dealing with MPs, the Lords, journalists and victims questions relating to the #LoanCharge.
Below is a reminder.
Mel J Stride MP – Misleader of the House
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Steve Packham retweeted
Staggering ineptitude HMRC highlighted at @CommonsPAC by @sarahjolney1 & @SarahGreenLD.
£186m to collect £44m from 800 #LoanChargeScandal victims over 6 years. What cost to pursue remaining 37k victims?
Misleading answers from CEO Jean-Paul Marks.
Thank you for questions.
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Steve Packham retweeted
May 21
As I've said repeatedly in @yorkshirepost it's vital that Public Accounts Committee launches an investigation into #loancharge scandal...@loanchargeAPPG
Thanks to #LoanCharge & #TaxpayerFairness APPG members @sarahjolney1 & @SarahGreenLD for raising the #LoanChargeScandal in the #PublicAccountsCommittee evidence session today.
As usual, no proper answers from senior #HMRC officials & no meaningful information on ongoing costs.
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Steve Packham retweeted
May 17
They say anything to get elected. Then do something else. Time to call them all out for their rank hypocrisy.
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Thanks to #LoanCharge & #TaxpayerFairness APPG members @sarahjolney1 & @SarahGreenLD for raising the #LoanChargeScandal in the #PublicAccountsCommittee evidence session today.
As usual, no proper answers from senior #HMRC officials & no meaningful information on ongoing costs.
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Steve Packham retweeted
Agree, hence we need a Taxpayer Fairness Act - taxpayerfairness.org
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Steve Packham retweeted
James Murray - Promised the earth to #LoanChargeScandal "victims of mis-selling" in opposition, calling for independent review.
In goverment delivered #McCannReview to 'encourage' victims to pay up, lead by ex HMRC Inspector.
- Independent? ❌
- Review of Loan Charge ❌
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Steve Packham retweeted
May 15
Thank you for highlighting HMRC bullying and harassment David.
You are one of a very few MPs who has consistently and unwaveringly supported all of us impacted by the #LoanChargeScandal.
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Steve Packham retweeted
If any journalists would like to know much more about @jamesmurray_ldn 's failings in his previous role, please get in touch
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Steve Packham retweeted
Thank you so much David for sharing this update on my ordeal with HMRC, which I have captured in my #memoir #ginoscontraband. Anyone who has been falsely accused by HMRC or who have spent hours and days on the phone desparately trying to get through to someone who will help and not hang up, this story is for you, though it should come with a trigger warning. it won another literary award just this week. amazon.co.uk/Ginos-Contraban…
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Steve Packham retweeted
May 15
The lax treatment of Angela Rayner by HMRC has brought into focus how arbitrary the tax authority can be in its treatment of ordinary citizens.
Too often, HMRC has pursued individuals and small businesses for vast sums of money in error. HMRC are masters of using process as punishment, making themselves increasingly difficult to contact while torturing people with demand letters and bankruptcy notices.
Victims of these errors are often forced to spend huge amounts of time and money to prove HMRC wrong. This sometimes runs to hundreds of thousands of pounds in legal fees, many times the actual amount in dispute. They also find their names and details published in a list of deliberate tax defaulters, in effect a "name and shame" list.
I have to question whether this meets citizens' privacy rights, since these do not appear to be court rulings but HMRC opinions.
HMRC's excesses must be brought under control. It is time ministers took a grip of this.
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Steve Packham retweeted
It was great to be interviewed yesterday by @telegraph @journomadeleine about my experience with HMRC, and hope the update on my story is published in the not too distant future. Talking about HMRC's case of #mistakenidentity still upsets me, so I am fully cognizant of what other victims of state overreach and injustice go through. We need a UK Taxpayer Bill of Rights #memoir #ginoscontraband #taxpayerbillofrights @jeffprestridge @ken_frost @icpa_t
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Steve Packham retweeted
They will never discuss individual tax affairs, but they will happily label thousands caught up in the #loanchargescandal as deliberate tax avoiders and tell us "that it was clearly too good to be true"
May 14
who in hmrc ill explain this "odd" decision, or will they hide behind the maxim "we never discuss individual's tax affairs"?
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Steve Packham retweeted
A MUST read for anyone who cares about justice, and taxpayer rights. We need a UK Taxpayer Bill of Rights! #taxpayerbillofrights #ginoscontraband @jeffprestridge
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