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LBHF Make Million Pound Tax Blunder

Not altogether surprisingly those contracts for higher paid Council staff come back to bite Hammersmith and Fulham.The link below is from the Standard but it should be said that this story was originally disclosed earlier this week by Private Eye.http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/careless-tory-council-admits-1m-tax-blunder-8218332.html

Paul Corcoran ● 4572d3 Comments

I'm sure LBHF would be the first to complain if people found loopholes to avoid paying Council Tax.

Karen Hartnell ● 4540d

The Council is just trying to reduce staff costs. Obviously the tax payer doesn't lose out if people who are paid out of tax revenue pay less tax. Also don't forget the huge extra but hidden saving of reduced pension entitlements for people who are paid through companies and not on the payroll.

Danny Kopech ● 4544d

The Tory administration are absolutely shameless! Read the last line of the article, effectively a rebuttal and a scandalously untrue statement: "A spokesman for the council said: “HMRC has complimented the council on the effectiveness and efficiency of its approach to its voluntary disclosure."There is absolutely nothing to suggest the council did not act in good faith.”The Council acted in appallingly bad faith: they looked at every way they could to make the minimum deductions from the directors' pay. Shame! Shame! Shame on them!Can we ask Stephen Greenhalgh and his closest policy advisor, Mark Loveday, to pay this fine out of their own pockets, please? Why should council tax payers be penalised for THEIR political decision?

Una Hodgkins ● 4568d