Reply to: BN66 - Write to your MP

[BrilloPad]

This is my first post since receiving an anonymous referal to the site. I must say, with Montpelier rushed off their feet, knowing all this information is out there is very reassuring!!

I've just written to my local Tory MP asking for his support.

Thank for de-lurking - would it be possible for you to add a post to the main thread?

http://forums.contractoruk.com/accou...apter-3-a.html

How long have you been with mp? Are you still with them? Have you got a CTD? Have you got savings? Any idea what your liability is?

[Shropshire Lad]

This is my first post since receiving an anonymous referal to the site. I must say, with Montpelier rushed off their feet, knowing all this information is out there is very reassuring!!

I've just written to my local Tory MP asking for his support.

[normalbloke]

Reply from David Cameron

see http://forums.contractoruk.com/664623-post675.html

[SantaClaus]

Received the following reply from my MP (Conservative) over the weekend:

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Dear xxx,

Thank you for your recent letter regarding the retrospective changes to the tax laws in this year's budget.

These changes to tax legislation have affected may people throughout the country and I agree with you that they were ill-conceived and are potentially unlawful.

You will be pleased to know that I have raised this issue with the Chancellor, Alastair Darling. I will contact you again as soon as I receive a substantive response.

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If anyone hasn't written to their MP yet please do so as soon as possible.

Good work, Mr Gaffer!

[TheGaffer]

Reply received

Received the following reply from my MP (Conservative) over the weekend:

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Dear xxx,

Thank you for your recent letter regarding the retrospective changes to the tax laws in this year's budget.

These changes to tax legislation have affected many people throughout the country and I agree with you that they were ill-conceived and are potentially unlawful.

You will be pleased to know that I have raised this issue with the Chancellor, Alastair Darling. I will contact you again as soon as I receive a substantive response.

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If anyone hasn't written to their MP yet please do so as soon as possible.

[normalbloke]

David Cameron is my MP!

I have just written to him - basically stating the facts as displayed in the other letters sent, in my own words and my own opinions. I asked what, as a party, the Conservatives could, and would do, to support the JR and generally lobby against the Government in this.

This is the third letter I have sent to him, the first he personally replied to (paper - wet ink signature), before the Committee stage,stating the Conservatives would oppose, the second after the vote he just sent an acknowledgement card. So *hopefully* he should be aware of this topic by now.

I'll post his response - hopefully it'll be worth posting!

[SantaClaus]

Nice reply from Jeremy Corbyn MP

Just got a reply from my Labour MP, Jeremy Corbyn.

Appears to be very on-side. From my experience of writing to Mr Corbyn, I know he is one of the few MPs that does "walk the talk".

He's written a letter to Yvette Cooper, Chief Secretary to the Treasury.
He has also asked me if I want him to raise this issue in parliament and went so far as to say that he could take up my case with HMRC if I wanted.

[zippo]

MP (labour)

Hi,

FYI

I have written to my MP ( Labour ) Keith Vaz before the change in law and also again last week.

fingers crossed !!!

[SantaClaus]

Sarah Ludford MEP (European Justice & Human Rights spokeswoman)

Had a leaflet drop through my door from my local MEP, Sarah Ludford. Apparently, she is the European Justice & Human Rights spokeswoman.
How handy!

Penned another letter, winging its way now to her door.

[DonkeyRhubarb]

Great stuff!!!

Keep those letters coming. Let's make them aware of the real hardship this could cause many families.

[PlaneSailing]

Ed Davey M.P also contacted

I've contacted Ed Davey, Lib dem MP. I'll let you know how I get on.

Sadly, I can't add to the poll either.

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[AlbionRovers]

Done, before Sep 24th.

I just can't vote yet.

[TheGaffer]

Letter sent to my MP (Rob Wilson, Conservative).

Thanks for the templates everyone (suitable alterations were made).

[ContractIn]

I wrote to mine on 4th September and have still yet to get a reply. Has anyone recieved response later than this?

Well I have just re written to mine via his personal web site as didn't get a response via writetothem.com

[DonkeyRhubarb]

I have just written to my MP again. Feel free to plagiarize.

Re: Retrospective Legislation - Clause 55, Finance Bill 2008

I would like to thank you for your letter dated 24th June 2008, and for raising the matter with Rt Hon Jane Kennedy MP, Financial Secretary to the Treasury. If possible, I would like to bring this to your attention once more.

Now that the Finance Bill has passed into law, HMRC have begun issuing closure notices. Although the legislation was originally cited against property developers, the vast majority of people affected by it are, like myself, freelance workers. My enquiries indicates that as many as 2000 such individuals may be caught up in this.

I can appreciate the government’s desire to clamp down on tax avoidance, and perhaps they even feel justified in making an example of people who use these arrangements. However, the majority of people affected by this particular legislation are not wealthy individuals. Although this will obviously impact me personally, I have taken steps to try and protect myself and my family. Many others are not able to afford this luxury. I am in contact with a group of people in the same predicament, and a substantial number are facing insolvency, repossession and family breakdown.

Maybe, in hindsight, I was naïve to enter into such an arrangement but at the time (May 2001) I was advised by a leading Tax Counsel that it was a perfectly legal way to organise my affairs. HMRC first opened enquiries on my tax returns in November 2003. In numerous correspondence I received from HMRC over the past 5 years, they stated that it was their intention to litigate against my claim for double taxation relief but of course this never happened.

My legal advisors have recommended that I appeal against the HMRC closure notice on the grounds that retrospective legislation infringes my human rights. They are also applying to the High Court for a Judicial Review. However, if their endeavours ultimately prove unsuccessful, the fallout and human cost of this could be disastrous for many families.

I hope I can count on your continued support to oppose this retrospective legislation.