Business Adviser. Chartered Certified Accountant and Chartered Tax Adviser. NLP Master Practitioner.
Scotland
Joined May 2011
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The McCann Review is outrageous.
1. It rewards ONLY people who didn't comply with the #loancharge settlement deadline.
2. It rewards ONLY people who did tax strategies after the law allegedly became clear.
Had it applied on equal terms to ALL loans THEN it might have been "fair".
Gordon Berry retweeted
Scammers target HMRC amid Microsoft outage - Taxpayers warned not to share personal information over phone after fraudsters use Microsoft outage to dupe them into giving their HMRC account logins
accountancydaily.co/scammers… via @accountancylive
Gordon Berry retweeted
Is the Taxman Getting Too Powerful?
Property inspections, bank account recovery powers and more frequent tax reporting. Guido's latest show examined the expanding reach of HMRC as the government searches for more revenue.
The taxman certainly isn't short of ambition... Has HMRC been given too much power?
The McCann Review has effectively rewarded those who did not comply with the initial #loancharge deadline or disclosures. He knew that. How in future do tax advisers encourage clients to engage fully with HMRC? Shambles.
Somebody needs to take legal action now to undo that mess.
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From July 2024👇
With some calling for @UKLabour to honour their promise of an independent review of the #LoanChargeScandal we advocate a different approach. Here's why 👇
Gordon Berry retweeted
Seven people have been arrested in Romania on suspicion of accessing computers and stealing data from UK tax professionals in order to make fraudulent tax repayment claims.
Read more 👇
mynewsdesk.com/uk/hm-revenue…
This is what one LCAG director writes about a 'Taxpayers Bill of Rights. At best it would be "To prevent future injustices". So no help right now to those with pre-DR loans or those excluded from McCann settlement terms.
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3 weeks ago the APPG had their only meeting of the year (they haven't yet published minutes). At LCAG's bidding (as secretariat) they discussed cases completely unrelated to the #loancharge as LCAG directors somehow think it helpful to push for a taxpayers "bill of rights"🤦♂️
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Gordon Berry retweeted
🚨NEW: Hundreds of civil servants have been caught working multiple jobs
[@Telegraph]
LCAG helped them take money from people they call “victims”.
Last I heard the WTT Big group joining fee was £6k
I know of only one company who has quite literally made £millions out of #loancharge victims & they’ve taken that money SINCE 2016
Because LCAG keep promoting them!
WTF
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You received the untaxed loans!
Employers would be taxed on what they received.
If employers paid your tax then they have a right of restitution against you.
How can Directors of LCAG still be arguing the same wrong things 10 years down the line! 🤦♂️
#loancharge
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Gordon Berry retweeted
The Tories are living a life of luxury at your expense. Rishi Sunak has failed to rein in this culture of lavish spending. 💳
Labour will get tough on waste, with an Office of Value for Money to ensure transparency and proper controls. 🧮
Gordon Berry retweeted
I do understand that it must be really tough realising that a small number of individuals who ran LCAG made the decision for you back in 2020 that they’d pass up the ideal opportunity for better settlement terms, cause they decided you were “in it for the long run” per S Packham
I know of only one company who has quite literally made £millions out of #loancharge victims & they’ve taken that money SINCE 2016
Because LCAG keep promoting them!
WTF
Gordon Berry retweeted
I know of only one company who has quite literally made £millions out of #loancharge victims & they’ve taken that money SINCE 2016
Because LCAG keep promoting them!
WTF
From October 2020👇
Nobody's ever seen any litigation forthcoming in regard to post DR cases open cases so no idea how anyone plans to get around LC being law. I'd be asking to see Counsel opinion on likely success. Meanwhile the challenges to the #loancharge is no help to those with open enquiries.
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Gordon Berry retweeted
The CEOs were also reminded by GMB union of its right to invite all staff to online meetings conducted during working hours, and for which workers will be paid while attending
The email said they must distribute the union’s correspondence to their staff “within two working days of receiving it, in full and unedited, as a standalone item and not bundled into other updates”
Story: thetimes.com/business/compan…
Gordon Berry retweeted
🚨 NEW: One of Britain's biggest unions emailed thousands of CEOs demanding to “recruit” workers just 3 minutes after the new workers' rights laws took effect
The law allows unions to request workplace access and contact all workers, whether they're union members or not
