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IQ Consultants, Felicitas Solutions, ECS Trustees - loan repayment demands

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  • stevematch
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    Update from ICAEW -

    Originally posted by Wtaf View Post
    The higher the numbers, the more this will hit ICAEW radar. Andrew William Thompson is ACA accredited, so he is supposed to work by a set of ethics, which he hasn't. He has had his wrist slapped before about this same shady practice and that is the number to call before raising a complaint about him. It's always better to speak to someone as they can escalate it when they need advice on how to handle it. The Fiscus Management Limited bank account proves he is working with Felicitas. Don't just sit being mad about this mess, hit him where it hurts.
    -------- I sent a complaint about Mr Thompson to the ICAEW.

    I refer to your email below and its attachment.

    Unfortunately, we are unable to progress your complaint against Mr Thompson as he is no longer an ICAEW member.

    If Mr Thompson reapplies for membership in the future, your complaint will be investigated.

    If you have any evidence that Mr Thompson is holding himself out to be an ICAEW member, please send it to me. Any action we take, however, will be independent of your complaint.

    -----------------------

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  • happychap
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    Originally posted by standup View Post
    This make now more sense to me. To clarify, the amount Felicitas is requesting corresponds to the amount paid via Garraway from 2011-13?
    Unfortunately not, the numbers make no sense at all.

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  • standup
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    Originally posted by happychap View Post
    Couldn't agree more Tezz.

    I was one of the stupid ones who did this for a number of years.

    2008-2010 Sanzar Partnership - No so called loans it was a double tax treaty BS (Paid 6% of my income for the scheme, thanks Sanzar).
    2010-2011 Sanzar Solution - Again, changed Scheme but still No so called loans (Paid 6% of my income for the scheme, thanks Sanzar).
    2011-2013 The Garraway Trust - So Called Loans, poorly advised, no official documents given (Paid 6% of my income for the scheme, thanks Garraway Trust).

    End Result :- HMRC seen all 5 years as tax avoidance and I paid back everything due, it was taxable income, end off.

    Fast forward to 2020, Felicitas Solutions - hello there you owe £XXXK in loans but we will take 12% no not 12% - 5% for it all to go away. Mmmmmmm

    Last so called loan was 2013 Feb some 7 years ago (unsecured loan I might add). I did not agree any pay back terms nor did I start paying back anything.

    Hoping it's an extinguished debt here in Scotland as it is classed as a simple contract debt - I may be wrong have taken legal advice so let's see.

    This make now more sense to me. To clarify, the amount Felicitas is requesting corresponds to the amount paid via Garraway from 2011-13?

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  • Wtaf
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    Regulatory information team - +441908248250

    The higher the numbers, the more this will hit ICAEW radar. Andrew William Thompson is ACA accredited, so he is supposed to work by a set of ethics, which he hasn't. He has had his wrist slapped before about this same shady practice and that is the number to call before raising a complaint about him. It's always better to speak to someone as they can escalate it when they need advice on how to handle it. The Fiscus Management Limited bank account proves he is working with Felicitas. Don't just sit being mad about this mess, hit him where it hurts.

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  • happychap
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    Agree

    Originally posted by Tezz View Post
    I believe it was nothing to do with the total amount, but the scheme you were with and what documents you signed and at what time. With Sanzar and Darwin in early days, pre 2011, there were no “loan” agreements in existence and therefore they have had to consider write offs.
    Couldn't agree more Tezz.

    I was one of the stupid ones who did this for a number of years.

    2008-2010 Sanzar Partnership - No so called loans it was a double tax treaty BS (Paid 6% of my income for the scheme, thanks Sanzar).
    2010-2011 Sanzar Solution - Again, changed Scheme but still No so called loans (Paid 6% of my income for the scheme, thanks Sanzar).
    2011-2013 The Garraway Trust - So Called Loans, poorly advised, no official documents given (Paid 6% of my income for the scheme, thanks Garraway Trust).

    End Result :- HMRC seen all 5 years as tax avoidance and I paid back everything due, it was taxable income, end off.

    Fast forward to 2020, Felicitas Solutions - hello there you owe £XXXK in loans but we will take 12% no not 12% - 5% for it all to go away. Mmmmmmm

    Last so called loan was 2013 Feb some 7 years ago (unsecured loan I might add). I did not agree any pay back terms nor did I start paying back anything.

    Hoping it's an extinguished debt here in Scotland as it is classed as a simple contract debt - I may be wrong have taken legal advice so let's see.
    Last edited by happychap; 11 May 2020, 13:39.

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  • Tezz
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    Originally posted by standup View Post
    I have no sympathy with the scheme providers either. They lied then and are now trying to con us again. They should not get away with this.

    While it sounds very reasonable, I am not sure that the "John, Frank and Bob" theory is what is happening in practice. I was with Darwin 2011-12, which operated similar to the Winchester example. I have not received any write-off or 5% settlement offer from Felicitas. However, I understand from previous posts that Darwin users received a write-off letters.
    I believe it was nothing to do with the total amount, but the scheme you were with and what documents you signed and at what time. With Sanzar and Darwin in early days, pre 2011, there were no “loan” agreements in existence and therefore they have had to consider write offs.

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  • Tezz
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    Originally posted by SouthKD View Post
    I've still had no communication since I sent my dispute 4 Weeks ago. I never recieved anything directly from Felicitas, only via Gladstones.

    Has anyone received a write-off from Gladstones?
    That’s never going to happen as it’s not Gladstones to write off. Only the supposed owner of a debt can send a write off letter.

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  • SouthKD
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    Still nothing...! Have emails ONLY been sent via Felicitas?

    I've still had no communication since I sent my dispute 4 Weeks ago. I never recieved anything directly from Felicitas, only via Gladstones.

    Has anyone received a write-off from Gladstones?

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  • BrilloPad
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    Originally posted by Superfly View Post
    All we can do is help whoever we can through our advice gleaned from personal experience during this mess so that nobody else has to go through what we've gone through. It would be the human thing to do.
    Originally posted by Superfly View Post
    Fair enough. Just need to have my wits about me on this forum, and the cloak of anonymity that it provides to people.
    Due to comments like yours I just had to take 3 weeks off. I have returned a couple of days ago and trying to lurk. But people like you who just DO NOT HAVE A CLUE drive me mad.

    I have spoken personally to tens of people from this forum. A few I have found advisers for several(I always recommend at least two). And a couple I have helped through suicidal periods. The vast majority of this has been done through PMs.

    Do you understand the concept of irony? Why should anyone think you are actually affected and not just an idiot with an axe to grind? Those were rhetorical questions. If you had any decency you would leave your CUK account and never post again. But you won't.

    For many years I thought the quality of moderation was getting better on CUK. It now seems to be returning to 2008 levels.

    No doubt this post will soon be lost in the sea of posts from morons like you. And people who need help will not be helped. But I need to get away for a while. Hopefully I will not be back. Maybe some suicidal people will not get the help they need. In which case admin will have a great deal to answer for.

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  • Superfly
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    Originally posted by Fred Bloggs View Post
    I realise it's way too late to say this, but it might help someone out there one day. HMRC never approve tax avoidance schemes - ever. QC cannot approve a tax avoidance scheme. But they can offer an opinion on it. As far as I am aware, nobody outside the scheme organisers ever actually gets to see the QC opinion. You are just told it exists. As we have seen, they are about as much use as a chocolate tea pot.
    If only we ourselves knew that back then. Hope it helps someone.

    HMRC have since issued a Spotlight, 10 years too late but hopefully it also helps someone.

    Comparison and broker websites marketing umbrella companies are not always what they seem (Spotlight 55) - GOV.UK

    Those running these snake-oil schemes and chasing these fake loans only want to make as much money as they can before they leave this mortal coil, as if they will take it with them when they die. That will be their legacy, leave the world in a worse state than when they found it in order to ingratiate themselves in their limited time here at the expense of the pain of others. They are screwing NHS workers now for heavens sake. The likes of Adrian Sacco who has a penchant for super-expensive watches while the people that he is conning risk losing their livelihoods, home, marriage family, sanity. I am sure that this all fits fine in the ethics of these conmen, in their mind they feel that they earned this money by the intellectual value of their sheer cunning.

    All we can do is help whoever we can through our advice gleaned from personal experience during this mess so that nobody else has to go through what we've gone through. It would be the human thing to do.

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