Fair argument. Don't disagree with most of that. As some have mentioned here people are being ordered to pay money before being even allowed to challenge in court and that a violation of one's civil rights.
You are not comparing apples to apples
Unemployed people were not deducted from.previous claims?! The law changed and they were charged accordingly.
Which is disgraceful and DID cause outrage!!
Surely there needs to be some cut off point time wise. How can the tax man go back 5/6 years and retrospectively punish someone. That's morally wrong.
There should be a 2 year challenge period. Then people can budget accordingly.
Its not just multi millionaires that are getting done.
IT contractors that used tax avoidance loan schemes from years ago are now getting massive backdated tax bills.
OK you may say but when these schemes were set up HMRC gave them special reference numbers to state they were recognised and...
It is absolutely disgraceful.
HMRC backed many of these schemes at the time and have now decided to rob the poor buggers that signed up. Most people on this thread seem to have any clue about this topic.