{"id":121562,"date":"2023-11-22T08:19:50","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T08:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/?p=121562"},"modified":"2023-11-22T08:19:50","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T08:19:50","slug":"david-cameron-under-investigation-by-hmrc-over-private-jet-use-during-lobbying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/politics\/david-cameron-under-investigation-by-hmrc-over-private-jet-use-during-lobbying\/","title":{"rendered":"David Cameron under investigation by HMRC over private jet use during lobbying"},"content":{"rendered":"

David Cameron takes swipe at Boris Johnson<\/h3>\n

David Cameron has only been Foreign Secretary for a week and already he\u2019s waded into his first political scandal.<\/p>\n

HMRC has launched an investigation into whether David Cameron failed to fully disclose flights on private jets while working for the collapsed financial firm Greensill Capital.<\/p>\n

Private jets may be just one of the other taxable perks tax officials are now looking into whether Lord Cameron fully disclosed.<\/p>\n

This morning the Guardian reports HMRC is looking into a number of flights that took off, or landed, near Lord Cameron\u2019s house in Oxfordshire and in Cornwall where the former PM has a holiday home.<\/p>\n

They are also reportedly investigating an offshore trust that is believed to have been created by Greensill to pay him additional benefits.<\/p>\n

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David Cameron had to declare all benefits in kind during his time at Greensill, where he worked for three years from 2018 to 2021.<\/p>\n

In 2022 the Financial Conduct Authority said that a single flight to Sardinia on a Greensill private jet was worth \u00a315,000.<\/p>\n

The company\u2019s Piaggio P180 has flightless showing at least 13 flights to and from Newquay airport in Cornwall, and two involving RAF Prize Norton in Oxfordshire.<\/p>\n

Piaggio\u2019s website boasts that the P180 Avanti EVO jet \u201cblends the very best of Italian style, peerless craftsmanship, and intelligent thinking\u201d, and boasts \u201csuperior performance and comfort\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe spacious cabin is truly an office in the sky, allowing passengers to maximise their working day while also arriving fresh, prepared and ready to do business.\u201d<\/p>\n

A spokesman for Lord Cameron told the Guardian that he has paid all his taxes in full.<\/p>\n

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