#Tax
Politicians, Taxes, and Your Vanishing Paycheck
#Tax
Politicians, Taxes, and Your Vanishing Paycheck
Ah, taxes—the magical process where the government takes your money, spends half of it figuring out how to spend the other half, and then tells you they need more. Politicians, those ever-charismatic tightrope walkers of public trust, promise tax cuts while approving pay raises for themselves. Meanwhile, the government, an all-knowing entity with the efficiency of a sloth on vacation, assures you that your hard-earned dollars are being put to good use—like funding studies on why pigeons bob their heads. And when you dare question it? Well, that’s just unpatriotic.
Billionaire Wins £2m Stamp Duty Refund After Decade-Long Court Battle with HMRC
- Wednesday, 16 April 2025
Christian Candy has won a £2 million refund from HMRC after a lengthy court battle over stamp duty on his £68 million Georgian mansion. The billionaire property developer purchased the mansion with his brother Nick and paid stamp duty before gifting it to his brother, who was then told he must pay stamp duty again. After paying nearly £2 million too much in tax, Candy received a refund of £1.92 million plus £270,000 in lost interest from HMRC.
