HMRC has launched fresh action against 2,700 victims of the loan charge scandal – despite an official government review ruling that they should be freed from the tax bills, The Telegraph can reveal. Contractors who were considered exempt from the charges now say they have been left terrified, with just 60 days to pay up before interest payments begin. The tax bills come despite the loan charge, which affected 60,000 workers including nurses, and teachers, being linked to 10 suicides. Paul Carroll thought the nightmare was finally behind him, until a 17-year-old tax bill landed on his doorstep in February. “I can’t describe what it was like when that brown envelope came through the door,” he said. “It was soul-destroying.” The letter stated that Mr Carroll owed HMRC £43,000, along with £21,000 in interest. He had just two months to pay the liability, otherwise the tax office would add a 5pc surcharge. Mr Carroll is one of 2,700 taxpayers in the past two years who have received a letter from HMRC, out of the blue, demanding payment of a life-changing sum of money. The letters – called section 684 notices – are being used to target people who were taken...