BN66 - JR Judgement Day

[robinhood]

If an appeal is not accepted in the UK Courts ie we have exhausted every domestic option available, I believe we can appeal to the European Courts.

Does someone want to knock up a process diagram/decision tree?

Can we get someone from Montp to concur with this as basically it seems like we're all guessing here but we need to know

[smalldog]

I wonder when the tories win the next election if there is any chance they would repeal this, didnt Cameron come down on our side of the fence re the retrospection??? IF appeal takes that long we might have time on our side with a new government

lottery tickets bought....

[ContractIn]

[QUOTE=Emigre;1058538]If an appeal is not accepted in the UK Courts ie we have exhausted every domestic option available, I believe we can appeal to the European Courts.

Does someone want to knock up a process diagram/decision tree?[/QUOTE]


Cheers Emigre. That is what i suspected.

I don't think anyone here should put that together I expect it to be in the MTM comms.

[BigBlackDog]

Perfectly put. Does anyone know if there's a BBC link to complain?

Yes send it to Raymond Snoddy on Newswatch.

[TaxDude]

Its all over the press now

At least it has finally hit the mainstream

Google Huitson - New results for huitson

http://news.google.com/news/story?cl...ed=0CCQQqgIwCg

[Ratican]

At least it has finally hit the mainstream

Google Huitson - New results for huitson

http://news.google.com/news/story?cl...ed=0CCQQqgIwCg

Including this one:
http://www.contractoruk.com/news/004725.html

[KiwiGuy]

To the BBC


Please ensure you take full account of what you publish. I think fair and unbiased reporting should also take the following into account. Please update your news page to reflect this:

All the taxpayers involved in the scheme declared the grounds for tax relief on every single tax return. Total transparency, not dodging as you put it.

In 2002, HMRC wrote a Technical Exchange (TE63) available under FoI which states that due to a technicality, HMRC were unlikely to claim the tax against the scheme.

HMRC planned to litigate 4 test cases as would be proper and normal. However, they never did. Instead, the Government brought in "BN66" in 2008 to apply retrospective legislation.

BN66 to quote it directly, "clarifies" earlier legislation in support of the retrospection. Which means it was not previously clear.

Even during the Parliamentary debating stages, many MP's were concerned over the retrospective element.

Not a single person using this scheme ever hid their financial affairs from HMRC.

The quote you have for the impact on people only relates to a sample of less than 100 out of more that 2500. You should emphasise this point as your commentary suggests that only a handful of people are badly affected by this.

Do not lump these people in the same boat as those who keep their finances secret.

ive forwarded this to

http://news.bbc.co.uk/newswatch/ukfs...00/3993909.stm

[doublebubble]

This I am not doing. I can't afford to pay my demand. One way or another, if we lose I am going to be bankrupt. I'm not going to be any less bankrupt if I save like a monk for the few years. I'm buggered if I'm going to live like a pauper until this is resolved.

+1 They said I owe £106,000 and I havent got 6k

[nuffsaid]

Including this one:
http://www.contractoruk.com/news/004725.html

The judge even hinted that they kidded themselves, and said they could have ‘brought the issue to a head’ by appealing closure notices, or by settling up with HMRC.

I was there, I didn't hear the Judge hint at this???

[BolshieBastard]

I'm yet another lurker very appreciative of the comments posted by those who attended the hearing.

I don't agree with the judges comment that we were all warned that the scheme doesn't work by HMRC. The only letter I've had from HMRC on the subject was about a month ago.

I don't have the money to pay HMRC now even if I wanted to so I see no point worrying about it until the game is over. It seems like that is a long way off so I agree with the "Don't panic!" comments for now.

My wife is sat 8 feet from me. I daren't tell her yet that we lost the court case. She'll be a nervous wreck.

As for the 'dont panic' comments well, each to their own. This has been hanging over me for 8 or 9 years. I keep being told by MP (and others) 'dont worry, our case is sound and we'll win'!

And guess what? We just ******* lost.

Yeah, no panic at all!