tax credits overpayment???

sjewar

Hi i have just read that workers who have been written to and asked to pay tax back to the government may not have to pay it back as it could be over a year old, could this be the same rule for tax credits over payments??

I had a demand from the government to pay back nearly £2000 which i have done but when they are saying the over payment took place was well over a year ago it was more like 4 or 5 years ago??

Does anyone know if this is the same rule??? I chanllenged it at the time and they would not budge this went on for a good year and a half me challenging them???

kind regards
Jane

p00hsticks

I don't know about tax credits, but my understanding of the tax underpayments from the news today is that you might have a case to be able to get them wiped out if three criteria are satisfied. From memory, these are something along the lines of....

- the payments were due over a year ago (i.e. for tax year 2008-9 or before)
- you had provided HMRC with all the information they needed to correctly calculate your tax code
- you can show that you had no reason to believe the revenue coding was wrong

So my first question would be - what was the reason for you being overpaid ?

Alfie_14

:oI received "4" NOTICE TO PAY from the Inland Revenue regarding Overpayment of £5,200 going back to 2004/2005 up until SEPT 2009! Firstly, I do not understand why and how I could have been overpaid this amount and secondly, why thy never notice previously and kept on paying me! I do not know how on earth I can possibly pay any of it back............can someone advise me on this. Ellie

Alfie_14

I need some advice on this......I received A NOTICE TO PAY for an amount of £4,794,00 of overpayment of Tax Credit. They are saying since 2004 I have been overpaid, yet over all the years until September 2009 they kept paying me and have only realised now! I do not know what to do, as I do not have suffient funds/earnings to pay any of it back..........can someone please help me with what to do.......I am at my wits end! Thanx Ellie

Smills

According to Martin's page about overpayments you may have a case for a dispute or an appeal.

Check out the main tax credits moneysavers site, but from what I've read, if the information that you gave the tax credits office was correct then it was their fault and you shouldn't have to repay it.

Always_Harassed

Alfie_14 wrote: »

I need some advice on this......I received A NOTICE TO PAY for an amount of £4,794,00 of overpayment of Tax Credit. They are saying since 2004 I have been overpaid, yet over all the years until September 2009 they kept paying me and have only realised now! I do not know what to do, as I do not have suffient funds/earnings to pay any of it back..........can someone please help me with what to do.......I am at my wits end! Thanx Ellie

I am in exactly the same position. Have just checked back bank statements and was receiving payments for significant amounts when I was supposedly in debt. They told me they didn't want to cause hardship by stopping payments but this is going to cause me hardship now.

Just spent the last hour on the phone to them at 5p a minute and you have to complain using the form on their web site. They were very pleasant but got the idea that no matter what you say they have heard it all before and probably don't believe anything you are telling them.

Always_Harassed

Smills wrote: »

According to Martin's page about overpayments you may have a case for a dispute or an appeal.

Check out the main tax credits moneysavers site, but from what I've read, if the information that you gave the tax credits office was correct then it was their fault and you shouldn't have to repay it.

There is a recorded message when you phone the payments line that they will be collecting all overpayments. I gave them genuine reasons as to why I can't pay this but it cut no ice. Got the collection frozen for 1 month to allow me to write in. I was told if I didn't contact them after the month it would go to a collection firm.

Always_Harassed

Any suggestions?

nannytone_2

if you owe it you have to pay it.