ANGELA Rayner has said she is the victim of a “smear” amid ongoing questions about her tax affairs.
She told Newsnight there had been “no wrongdoing” and “no unlawfulness” and that it was a “non-story manufactured to try and smear me".Specifically, it raised questions about whether a house she previously owned was her principal residence at the time, a distinction which could have had an impact on how much tax she owed when it was sold.In September 2010, she married Mark Rayner, who owned a separate house nearby in Lowndes Lane.
Earlier this month, Greater Manchester Police said there was no evidence that any offence had been committed when Tory MP James Daly asked them to investigate if she had given false information. She continued: “I was a home care worker, you know, I didn’t have an accountant. I had, as most people would: you put your house on the market, you get a legal conveyancing solicitor and you get an estate agent.
"As I say, I sold it as most people would put it on the market, got the solicitor and the estate agents, etc. since those allegations were put to me, the tax laws on capital gains tax and principal private residency, etc. is very complex, including marriage.Asked whether she had met one of the two conditions outlined by Neidle, Rayner declined to answer those points in detail and insisted she owed no tax.
"But I don't owe any capital gains tax because of the circumstances. And I've gone through that with a tax expert, and they've given me that advice."We know there are thousands of National readers who want to debate, argue and go back and forth in the comments section of our stories. We’ve got the most informed readers in Scotland, asking each other the big questions about the future of our country.
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