dwp payment of £2000 ?????

apoorlykitten

urgh this is really bugging me, is it possible i am the only person in the whole entire www who has had an overpayment of in work credit ? ive googled every possible sentance i can think of to see if anyone else has a similar story and nothing !!
just need one person to say " that happened to me " and " i had to do this "

in regards to an early reply, if they had enetered an incorrect year ie 2010 i dont think they would have sent me the payment in full as i would have to supply them with proof that i had worked by sending in wage slips. and as this is a weekly generated thing of £40 which is sent out over 12 weeks, i then dont get the next 12 weeks untill they have seen wage slips. how could they have made such a huge error ?

would it make a difference that i had to show a contract stating it was a permanent position which was likely to last more than 5 weeks. im working in our family business and my contract is for 1yr ? i dunno its just driving me nuts.
why not write first and tell me im to expect some money on such n such date. then if its wrong i could notify them before it goes in my account. and avoid all this fuss in the first place.

backinbusiness

apoorlykitten wrote: »

how could they have made such a huge error ?

Because they are only human.

Sounds like a typo to me - everyone forgets which year it is in January and ends up writing the previous year.

Sit tight on that cash - I don't think it's the windfall you might hope for.

Good luck with the new job too.

bitsandpieces

Certainly don't spend it. You could stick it in an instant access account that pays a good rate of interest, though: at least you'll get a few quid for your hassle assuming the DWP asks for the money back eventually.

nik86_2

this exact same thing just happened to me ive been back in work for a number of weeks now doing 16 hours a week and i recently recieved a letter asking for wage slips as i am paid monthly i could not supply 2 wage slips so i had to get my boss to write a letter stating what im paid and how many hours i work then i went to the bank on monday and i had a payment from dwp for £1520 i also am having trouble contacting them and have no idea what i should do ? my reference on it was also a bunch of numbers with the letters "hsbc" and just like u this is the only other time i have seen someone with this problem i have looked everywhere cant seem to find anyone else if i find any answers to this ill be sure to post .