One of the Post Office compensation schemes for sub-postmasters and postmistresses who are victims of the Horizon scheme is “rigged” against them to minimise payouts, a tax expert is claiming.
The Horizon Shortfall Scheme (HSS) was put in place by the Post Office to compensate postmasters who, while not subject to criminal conviction, made good the apparent losses caused by the faulty Horizon system from their own pockets.