There are over 900 people who used Edge and therefore if former employees actually got their act together there are plenty of people to contribute to a fighting fund at a reasonable cost to each.
Your view of Edge/Redstone/Bedouin being all very close is probably correct though. In my personally view you should all expect more support from them. But you should be wary of making accusations of them promoting an illegal scam. Nothing I have seen suggests it was either (and these latest rules do not make it so) so you leave yourself open to legal action for making public claims to that effect if Edge/Redstone take offence.
As to action against them the "product" they offered is not regulated and not covered by he FSA. You may want to look at whether you were induced into the arrangements by misrepresentations and there are a handful of ambulance chasing firms who would no doubt take it on for the disgruntled at a cost but problems you'll face are;
No tax liability has actually been held to be due yet.
The accelerated payment regime may "simply" require you to pay the disputed tax whilst the liability is determined.
This is new, retrospective, legislation which cannot reasonably have been foreseen several years ago. In that respect your anger is focused on the wrong people.
Edge being outside the UK is outside th scope of PAYE which is territorially limited.
The ToAA provisions, if they apply, make it a personal liability not one of Edge.
You'd also have to show your loss. What is it given that any tax liability on your earnings was always your own?
I don't wish to rule out action against Edge or dismiss your prospects but I do think it important that the key issues are clear
Your view of Edge/Redstone/Bedouin being all very close is probably correct though. In my personally view you should all expect more support from them. But you should be wary of making accusations of them promoting an illegal scam. Nothing I have seen suggests it was either (and these latest rules do not make it so) so you leave yourself open to legal action for making public claims to that effect if Edge/Redstone take offence.
As to action against them the "product" they offered is not regulated and not covered by he FSA. You may want to look at whether you were induced into the arrangements by misrepresentations and there are a handful of ambulance chasing firms who would no doubt take it on for the disgruntled at a cost but problems you'll face are;
No tax liability has actually been held to be due yet.
The accelerated payment regime may "simply" require you to pay the disputed tax whilst the liability is determined.
This is new, retrospective, legislation which cannot reasonably have been foreseen several years ago. In that respect your anger is focused on the wrong people.
Edge being outside the UK is outside th scope of PAYE which is territorially limited.
The ToAA provisions, if they apply, make it a personal liability not one of Edge.
You'd also have to show your loss. What is it given that any tax liability on your earnings was always your own?
I don't wish to rule out action against Edge or dismiss your prospects but I do think it important that the key issues are clear
Originally posted by gettingangry
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