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They did answer my first question after reading the headline... "The government said the new compensation offer was in addition to paying for all reasonable le

by tyingq 3y ago

They did answer my first question after reading the headline... "The government said the new compensation offer was in addition to paying for all reasonable legal fees, and any post office operator who does not want to accept it can continue with the existing legal process."

gumballindie 3y ago
What i am curious though is if they’ll be taxed on the money. Of so that means the compensation is far lower.
- tyingq 3y ago
  Some about that here: https://www.rossmartin.co.uk/private-client-a-estate-planning/income-losses-claims-reliefs/6805-post-office-horizon-compensation-how-are-receipts-taxed https://www.rossmartin.co.uk/private-client-a-estate-plannin... Though that's talking about the prior monies paid, and not specifically this.
- gizajob 3y ago
  I believe compensation doesn't count as taxable income.
- pipes 3y ago
  They may have already had to pay for bed and board for free accomodation they got while in prison: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/08/06/wrongly-convicted-prisoners-no-longer-pay-jail-living-costs/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/08/06/wrongly-convicte... I remember David blunket introducing this ghastly mechanism and being shocked that no one cared. He was an awful home secretary.