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Update
Update
Hi apologies for not posting an update.
In the end, after taking some (limited) advice from Chiltern I settled. Will post details of the process I went through this week once I dig it out again.
Will also be logging into the Sandfield private website to see if any update from...
Thanks 2UK,
I'm not an accountant or a lawyer, but I'm afraid you are mistaken.
It would not be wise for me to follow your advice as HMRC have not yet proved the scheme illegal.
Thanks Lewis - it does look as if there are a few of us. Whatever happens it looks as though it is going to take...
Thanks all.
Have been doing some more research and it looks as though CO are working with a firm of lawyers, Chiltern, to fight HMRC and assist ex-employees. They have a private forum for ex-employees to log into where they have documented progress to date.
At the moment Chiltern have reached...
Thanks Lewis - no, I'm in Hong Kong, not Oz! Sounds like exactly the scheme I was on though.
Have contacted Accountax to see what they can do. Not sure how they operate though. Do I pay 500 quid for them to review my case and then tell me to "bend over" ... as someone put so eloquently...
thanks
The current OC website is dud. I'm sure the same individuals have just renamed and setup under a different name.
I was on the Sandfield loan scheme which converted towards the end of 2003 to dividend.
I am resident overseas now but assume emigration is not a long term solution! Have...
I contracted through this lot between 2003-4 and since then have been out of the UK.
Just received a Notice of Further assessment from HMRC "Special Civil Investigations" department for approx 20K for the year to April 2004
Interest is also payable (although not detailed) from Jan 05 and a...