BN66 - the road to Judicial Review

[KiwiGuy]

Tick Tick Tick

running out of Time Mr Timms

[SantaClaus]

All bets are off and we get a full refund, interest received and taken out to dinner by your local tax office. . . . NOT

Make it the Ritz please, Mr YouKnowWho (TM), I have expensive tastes

[smalldog]

yep come on Tiny Timms....a poorly leg and wooden crutch going for the sympathy vote aint gonna help you outta this one

[PlaneSailing]

Tempus Fugit

running out of Time Mr Timms

Didn't the Revenue try the 'you were a day late so pay up' line of attack in
court?

Seems Mr. Timms has timing issues too.

Running scared perhaps?

[DonkeyRhubarb]

No news yet

The clerk of the JCHR is away until Friday. Parliament is now in summer recess, so things may be a bit slow for the next few weeks.

[BrilloPad]

The clerk of the JCHR is away until Friday. Parliament is now in summer recess, so things may be a bit slow for the next few weeks.

I am expecting a long hard fight......

[DonkeyRhubarb]

Email from Jane Kennedy

A few weeks ago I sent an email to her parliamentary office enclosing the witness testimonies submitted to the JCHR.

I did not expect a reply but how very wrong I was.

HMRC, if you are reading this, your game is up!!!

Dear Mr X,

Thank you for your message and I do apologise for the very late reply. I have recieved an unusually large number of letters etc. I remember the debate and was content that, having questioned officials closely on the impact of this proposal, very few would be affected, certainly not in the way that your attachment is suggesting. I would strongly advise those who are affected to write, giving their name and address, to their MPs or, if they are Isle of Man residents, write directly to Stephen Timms MP, at the Treasury. They will only get a reply from the Minister if they write via an MP.

Each case should be looked at again by HMRC to check that the outcome is in line with the policy intention.

Yours sincerely,

Jane Kennedy MP

This is the email I sent to her office:

Dear Ms Stapleton,

This occurred while Ms Kennedy was Financial Secretary to the Treasury.

During the debate on s58 (Clause 55 Finance Bill 2008), Ms Kennedy stated:

"I am happy and content, given the advice that I have received, that the decision I am asking the Committee to make today is right."

"I believe that we can pass the clause with a clear conscience."

I wonder if she would still stand by these statements having read the attached witness testimonies?

I am prepared to give Ms Kennedy the benefit of the doubt that she may have been badly briefed, perhaps even deliberately misled and manipulated by HMRC.

It would refreshing to get a frank and honest response from a politician but I am not holding my breath!

Yours sincerely,

[BrilloPad]

A few weeks ago I sent an email to her parliamentary office enclosing the witness testimonies submitted to the JCHR.

I did not expect a reply but how very wrong I was.

HMRC, if you are reading this, your game is up!!!



This is the email I sent to her office:

Of course HMRC **might** just admit defeat before they get sacked. But they seem to be totally stupid.

Do you have a draft letter for us to send to our MPs?

My MP (Clive Efford, Labour, on the finance committe that was involved in this legislation) has been worse than useless. I might have to pay him a visit.

[Fog]

Closely??!!

Inappropriately briefed by m*nip;lati:ve civil servants…. however I also feel that this statement 'having questioned officials closely' is not good enough.

DR are you sending back a letter to ask her to get involved and sort out the mess and hardship she has caused?

Fog

[PlaneSailing]

Sinking Ship?

A few weeks ago I sent an email to her parliamentary office enclosing the witness testimonies submitted to the JCHR.

I did not expect a reply but how very wrong I was.

HMRC, if you are reading this, your game is up!!!



This is the email I sent to her office:

Not much point in us writing to Mr Timms again is there?

Is it possible that perhaps this whole fiasco is causing a lot
of embarassment to the Treasury and that Ms Kennedy is trying to
distance herself from it?