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how likely will i get a lump sum for underpayment

hi all we have had a couple of changes in circumstances this year last year we earnt about £17000 each so combined £34000 so only got basic 10.50 a week tax credits with our one child we then had our second daughter in july and i gave an estimate of my earnings as £10500 so combined £27500 and recieved about £146 a month tax credits. my partner was temporarily laid of for 3 months at christmas and i notified tax credits but didnt change the estimate as i had no idea how long he would be off, he is back at work and notified of his return and my reduced hours and telephoned tax credits in april to notify and gave estimate for this year as £11500 for me and £15000 for partner as his pay was cut and we have a provisional award for these amounts. our p60's came through and my wages minus the 3900 smp (£100 at 39 weeks) came in at £8230 and partners £13791.

have not had renewal pack yet so cant give them these figures.
My questions are
1. will i get a lump sum for last year as earnings were les than estimates?
2. will my monthly payments go up due to the 10k disregard and then next years payment will be much lower as the 10k disregard wont count?

hope this makes sense.

thank you for reading :)

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