Sunday, May 10, 2009
"Remember to pay your capital gains taxes" sqeals the diminutive ginger foghorn
Press Association: Blears on defence over second flat expenses
It appears Mrs Blears has had her snouty deep in the trough.Her second home flat had been designated as her "second home" under Commons rules, meaning she was able to claim back thousands of pounds in mortgage interest and running costs. But the flat was simultaneously registered with the taxman as her primary residence, enabling her to dodge paying 40% capital gains tax on the proceeds from selling the flat. Shows how corrupt our MPs and their expenses system has become.
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1. mark wadsworth said...
I've been pointing this out this since last July, and I'm glad that the story is getting more coverage.
Just remember, if the average house price has fallen £30,000 from peak, how much has the average MP lost? £100,000? £200,000? It can never be enough, can it?
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3. bluebeach said...
Feckin horrible piece of work that woman...
4. Hammered said...
Is it any wonder those in charge wanted to try to sustain the boom with that ridiculous state subsidised demand side policy - shared equity.
5. Strateshooter said...
I am not the sharpest guy around but. if this is true..and if this was you or me ..wouldn't this be called fraud ?
And if it was deemed to be fraud ..wouldn't we be
a. fired by our employer( with loss of their pension contributuion)
b. prosecuted and taken to court for tax evasion.
It really has become like 1984 ..one rules for the pigs and one rule fro the rest of the dumb animals.
I will bet anyone on this blog(or whatever it is?) that no MP will ever be taken thru the courts for all this.
A party that got away with driving David Kelly to suicide..without remorse as I recall ... will find a way to explain that all this stuff as perfectly acceptable and completely within the rules.
God help us.