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Angela Rayner's tax affairs

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Ihateboris · 14/05/2026 08:10

I was a few days late submitting my Tax Return due to being in hospital last year and as result I was charged £100 late filing penalty.

AIBU to think that Angela Rayner should have to pay interest and penalties for underpayment of Stamp Duty. This makes me so fucking angry.

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TwinklyGoldPeer · 17/05/2026 08:42

TeenagersAngst · 17/05/2026 08:37

I’ve no idea what you’re talking about.

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Have we seen any receipts yet? Surely such an upstanding MP would want to promote proof of her paying her dues.

TwinklyGoldPeer · 17/05/2026 08:41

TeenagersAngst · 16/05/2026 18:55

It's Saturday night. Take a chill pill.

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😆 🤣

TeenagersAngst · 17/05/2026 08:37

Alexandra2001 · 17/05/2026 06:14

So you've changed your mind on Rayner and believe her to be entirely & fairly exonerated by HMRC...

... Good to know.

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I’ve no idea what you’re talking about.

Alexandra2001 · 17/05/2026 06:14

TeenagersAngst · 16/05/2026 19:44

Oh dear, I think someone has missed the joke.

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So you've changed your mind on Rayner and believe her to be entirely & fairly exonerated by HMRC...

... Good to know.

TeenagersAngst · 16/05/2026 22:47

Gtfto2024 · 16/05/2026 21:14

It was a shit joke, that's why.

I thought my creation was rather good. But hey, you can’t please everyone.

TeenagersAngst · 16/05/2026 22:46

pointythings · 16/05/2026 21:46

But a good way for that poster to dodge the question of why Angela Rayner is still being hounded on this thread whilst the likes of Farage are being ignored. They just won't admit it's personal.

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How can it be personal? I don’t know her. Do you?

TeenagersAngst · 16/05/2026 22:42

I really don’t think Farage is being ignored. He’s all over Mumsnet and there’s an investigation into him. But if you want to imagine some conspiracy theory, go ahead.

Gtfto2024 · 16/05/2026 21:52

Isn't that the point of "jokes" about nasty behaviour. Darvo.

pointythings · 16/05/2026 21:46

Gtfto2024 · 16/05/2026 21:14

It was a shit joke, that's why.

But a good way for that poster to dodge the question of why Angela Rayner is still being hounded on this thread whilst the likes of Farage are being ignored. They just won't admit it's personal.

Gtfto2024 · 16/05/2026 21:14

It was a shit joke, that's why.

TeenagersAngst · 16/05/2026 19:44

Alexandra2001 · 16/05/2026 19:38

It is when you carry on criticising Rayner against the judgement of HMRC, who have a track record of issuing penalties to dodgy politicians.

One might think you have an agenda, not that would be the case, i'm sure.

Rayner sought the advice of a firm with its own tax division, one could argue that their advice to seek further clarity was just them "upselling"

HMRC do not require a lay-person to keep getting tax advice, which is just that "an opinion/advice"

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Oh dear, I think someone has missed the joke.

Alexandra2001 · 16/05/2026 19:38

TeenagersAngst · 16/05/2026 19:18

Well now. I’m the thread police. Nothing I say is bollocks.

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It is when you carry on criticising Rayner against the judgement of HMRC, who have a track record of issuing penalties to dodgy politicians.

One might think you have an agenda, not that would be the case, i'm sure.

Rayner sought the advice of a firm with its own tax division, one could argue that their advice to seek further clarity was just them "upselling"

HMRC do not require a lay-person to keep getting tax advice, which is just that "an opinion/advice"

TeenagersAngst · 16/05/2026 19:18

pointythings · 16/05/2026 19:04

That's actually quite good. Do you have the authority to challenge your own bollocks?

Well now. I’m the thread police. Nothing I say is bollocks.

pointythings · 16/05/2026 19:04

That's actually quite good. Do you have the authority to challenge your own bollocks?

TeenagersAngst · 16/05/2026 18:55

pointythings · 16/05/2026 18:24

May I please see your thread police credentials? This thread has already ranged beyond just AR, and bringing Farage into it is just a way of highlighting how some people are held to far higher standards than others. Which is blatant hypocrisy.

But for what it's worth, this is where we stand:

  • Rayner has been cleared
  • There is no evidence that she received more favourable treatment than anyone else would have done
  • Actual people who understand how HMRC operates have corroborated the above

So it's fairly obvious that anyone wanting to go on and on casting aspersions at Angela Rayner is doing this for other reasons than justice, equality and legality. I wonder what those could be?

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It's Saturday night. Take a chill pill.

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pointythings · 16/05/2026 18:24

TeenagersAngst · 16/05/2026 18:15

Did I say that? The PP clearly wants to discuss Farage, that much is clear from their posts. This is a thread about Angela Rayner. I suggested they start a separate thread if they want their posts to be discussed. It’s pretty standard on MN.

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May I please see your thread police credentials? This thread has already ranged beyond just AR, and bringing Farage into it is just a way of highlighting how some people are held to far higher standards than others. Which is blatant hypocrisy.

But for what it's worth, this is where we stand:

  • Rayner has been cleared
  • There is no evidence that she received more favourable treatment than anyone else would have done
  • Actual people who understand how HMRC operates have corroborated the above

So it's fairly obvious that anyone wanting to go on and on casting aspersions at Angela Rayner is doing this for other reasons than justice, equality and legality. I wonder what those could be?

TeenagersAngst · 16/05/2026 18:15

pointythings · 16/05/2026 18:11

So you don't think all politicians whose financial affairs may look a bit dodgy should face the same amount of scrutiny then? It's OK to hound Rayner but leave Farage alone? Got it.

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Did I say that? The PP clearly wants to discuss Farage, that much is clear from their posts. This is a thread about Angela Rayner. I suggested they start a separate thread if they want their posts to be discussed. It’s pretty standard on MN.

pointythings · 16/05/2026 18:11

TeenagersAngst · 16/05/2026 17:51

Jesus, start your own thread about Farage.

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So you don't think all politicians whose financial affairs may look a bit dodgy should face the same amount of scrutiny then? It's OK to hound Rayner but leave Farage alone? Got it.

BIossomtoes · 16/05/2026 18:07

She used her disabled son’s trust fund to buy herself out of the property he lives in. What Mother does that to move in with her boyfriend 100’s of miles away?

One who wants her child to have housing security for life.

TeenagersAngst · 16/05/2026 17:51

plasticplate · 16/05/2026 16:10

Questions should be asked about how Farage bought his Clacton house.

Jesus, start your own thread about Farage.

plasticplate · 16/05/2026 16:10

Questions should be asked about how Farage bought his Clacton house.

PropertyD · 16/05/2026 16:08

I will be leaving my house to my children.

There is no charge.

plasticplate · 16/05/2026 16:07

There is nothing wrong with how the trust fund was used.

PropertyD · 16/05/2026 13:53

She was told to get expert tax advice. She chose not to

She used her disabled son’s trust fund to buy herself out of the property he lives in. What Mother does that to move in with her boyfriend 100’s of miles away?

Apparently her query was rushed through and HMRC can take 2 years to ‘look into queries.

TWO YEARS?? Having spoken to HMRC myself and spoken to someone who had a young child and a barking dog in the background something is going horribly wrong here.

Clavinova · 16/05/2026 13:44

I've looked him up;

Sean Randall is the UK’s leading, independent stamp duty adviser.

Sean has 20 years’ Big Four stamp duty experience, including running a Big Four UK stamp duty team for five years. He is the chair of the professional body for stamp duty advisers, the Stamp Taxes Practitioners Group, the editor and author of Tolley’s Sergeant and Sims on Stamp Taxes, the author of the Law Society’s SDLT Handbook: A Guide for Residential Conveyancers, the author of the SDLT chapter of Tolley’s Tax Digest, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation, the winner of Taxation’s Tax Writer of the Year 2017 and a non-practising barrister.

https://www.seanrandalltax.com/about