child tax credit.I've been a wally!!

lurchy

to cut a long story short, wife was ill last january and i dealt with the child tax credit forms.... should have left em alone!! i gave my income amount as my gross figure not my net profit figure, this has cost us a good bit of money. rang them today and gave them the revised figure , the 'kind ' gent told me i could not backdate the claim for april 08 to april09..... do any of you kind people know if this is this right?

I'm gonna be in trouble for this i fear !!!!!!!!:mad:

sunnyone

lurchy wrote: »

to cut a long story short, wife was ill last january and i dealt with the child tax credit forms.... should have left em alone!! i gave my income amount as my gross figure not my net profit figure, this has cost us a good bit of money. rang them today and gave them the revised figure , the 'kind ' gent told me i could not backdate the claim for april 08 to april09..... do any of you kind people know if this is this right?

I'm gonna be in trouble for this i fear !!!!!!!!:mad:

Was this when she was in hospital then?

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1456365&highlight=

lurchy

crikey you dont miss a lot do ya .... lol
yes it was....

sunnyone

lurchy wrote: »

crikey you dont miss a lot do ya .... lol
yes it was....

How is she now?

lurchy

she is ok thanks. surgery didn't completely cure problems but its 95% sorted, enough for a normal kind of life :-)

lurchy

just had the letter back today . not going to back date anything ,got a polite sod off !!!! not a happy bunny couple of grand lost, wife is not happy :-(... gonna ring em and have a rant,i know its my fault but i still am !!

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Why? The helpline staff cannot change the decision of TCO.

SuziQ

I reckon with your wife's secret credit card debt and you're mistake at the same time with CTC you are now even lol! It's annoying but just mark it down to experience. No point wasting energy on what you can't change imo.

dmg24

lurchy wrote: »

just had the letter back today . not going to back date anything ,got a polite sod off !!!! not a happy bunny couple of grand lost, wife is not happy :-(... gonna ring em and have a rant,i know its my fault but i still am !!

That would be very rude of you. Perhaps you should be ranting at yourself, not someone who has done nothing wrong?

FATBALLZ

Perhaps you should try to be grateful for other people going to work to pay tax so that child tax credits are available to you in the first place.

lurchy

hey get off your high horse , we both work and pay taxes,just wanted what i was due !!!:silenced::kisses3: