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[Alan0401]

On "Wake up to Money" this morning, an expert in tax asked the question - why was Zahawi's fine so low. Apparently if a tax "error" involves offshoring, the fine is up to 200% of the tax owned, Zahawi paid just 30%...

I'm guessing because Zahawi negotiated that his crime was due to "carelessness" rather than intentional.

Does anyone other than HMRC believe this...? Indeed, I doubt HMRC actually believe this either, but he was their boss at the time this deal was negotiated, so normal rules you and I adhere to most likely did not apply.

HMRC, who do not forgive £10 from the average person, would never in a million years believe that.

 

[Rita_Poon]

Harry Hill?

"gotta fix the system haven't you?!"

 

[Armaghtoffee]

Too busy with the real criminals to deal with that apparent multi million pound tax fraud .

A 'hard working and decent' mum has been jailed for a £20,000 benefit fraud.

Angela Prendergast, 49, from Hull, made a genuine claim for working and child tax benefits in 2011 on the basis she was a single parent with a limited income.

She failed to tell the Department of Pensions that her partner had moved in with her in July 2016, changing their circumstances.

The mum withheld the information for nearly two years, despite informing her local authority about the move, Hull Live reports



Hull Crown Court heard that Prendergast claimed over £20,000 until she eventually contacted the DWP at the end of May 2018

Prosecuting barrister Michele Stuart-Lofthouse told the court that Prendergast believed she could continue to claim tax credits as her partner was only living at her property part-time



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Timothy Wood, 53, of Darlton Drive, Arnold, had been claiming housing and council tax benefits on and off since 2011 while failing to declare at any point that he was in employment or when circumstances changed.

He was yesterday given a four month custodial sentence at Nottingham Magistrates Court for falsely claiming £8979.71 of benefits from Gedling Borough Council and the Department of Work and Pensions across six false claim forms since November 2011.

Information from Gedling Borough Council’s taxi licensing department revealed that Mr Wood had renewed his taxi license in 2011, 2012 and 2013 but had not informed the council or the DWP of his employment



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A MOTHER sentenced to 15 months in prison for benefit fraud has failed in her appeal against her sentence.

Joanne Lisa Tack, 26, of Barnabas Court, Huntingdon, pleaded guilty at Peterborough Crown Court in November to five offences connected to benefit fraud. She would have been entitled to the benefits if her boyfriend had not moved in with her, the court heard



Last week, lawyers argued that her jail term should be cut because she had a troubled upbringing and also had an alcohol problem and was depressive.

Mr Justice Walker, sitting with Sir Richard Curtis, was told that the woman had spent the money on household goods, rather than luxury items, and her elder daughter had special educational needs



But, despite pleas for clemency, the judge said Tack had carried out the fraud over a long period of time and government funds were not a "bottomless pit".

Dismissing arguments that the sentence should be cut to around nine months, the judge said 15 months could not be described as "manifestly excessive".

The court heard Tack - who before being sentenced had agreed to pay back the money she owed at a rate of £17 per week - applied for a Council Tax rebate, housing benefit and income support in March 1998 when she was genuinely entitled to the money.

But her circumstances changed in December 1999 when her boyfriend moved in with her and she failed to tell the authorities.

I’m from a single parent family.

My Mum was doing the double, claiming benefits and working, but her faith made her confess.

The Priest asked her ‘Are you buying a fur coat with it’. That human gesture of keep going girl lifted her soul then as it does now.

Tory Scum then, Tory Scum now.

 

[Alan0401]

Prosecuting barrister Michele Stuart-Lofthouse told the court that Prendergast believed she could continue to claim tax credits as her partner was only living at her property part-time

That is blood boiling. The whole thing but especially that, strong with the weak and weak with the strong.

 

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[Eggs]

…..Aintree Hospital have been forced to put Oxygen ports in its corridors to support patients queueing on beds waiting for treatment. The death rates at Liverpool hospitals is frightening.

12 years of Conservatives.

 

[Eggs]

……Zahawi finally sacked.

 

[mahermi1]

Corruption from top to bottom in the Tory party, but Pete will have you believe they are all the same, change you're tune Pete they are not, this is the most disgusting political party that has ever been, it reeks of greed and corruption throughout. How anyone with an iota of conscience could vote for these barstewards is beyond belief.

 

[summerisle]

Hang on, wasn't Suella Braverman sacked for breaking the ministerial code ? Wonder what she's up to nowadays ?

 

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[Bishop Thumpety-Thump]

Imagine being a demented fool still defending this joke of a government.

 

[mahermi1]

Wonder now will he Sue Sunak ?

 

[Tin-Tin]

Its all the journalists!!