Working tax credits overpaid

bhamoggy

Ive just recieved a letter from HMRC saying we owe £2159
This is overpayment from the period ending 05/04/2004
They also want payment within 12 months .
That's 8 years ago!!!
I haven't got a clue what they're on about with this amount. We've phoned the tax office and theyre going to send some sort of form out.
Can we be made to pay this as its so long ago?
And if so, we can't afford this so how little will they accept?

themull1

You need to aske them how the overpayment occurred, if you don't agree that they have updated your account correctly, get them to send you a dispute form. If you find that its correct, they will give you time to pay.

annie1975_2

How can it take 8 years to realize someone has been overpaid. Jeeeeezzzz.They are a joke aren't they?

tattycath

We owed over 4K and they gave us 3 years to repay it.

bhamoggy

Also, we haven't recieved any money since probably 2004.
Each year we get a letter saying weve been overpaid and we get £0 any any monies due go to paying off what we apparently owe.
God knows where they got theses figures from, I've not got any records cause we've not claimed for 8 years or so.
What should I do cause I certainly can't afford to pay that ?
And that's doubtful if I even owe that!

annie1975_2

bhamoggy wrote: »

Also, we haven't recieved any money since probably 2004.
Each year we get a letter saying weve been overpaid and we get £0 any any monies due go to paying off what we apparently owe.
God knows where they got theses figures from, I've not got any records cause we've not claimed for 8 years or so.
What should I do cause I certainly can't afford to pay that ?
And that's doubtful if I even owe that!

Well you must appeal it... You probably dont owe it knowing HMRC.

Icequeen99

annie1975 wrote: »

Well you must appeal it... You probably dont owe it knowing HMRC.

He can't appeal, he is outside of the time limit.

There might be a dispute, but if the OP knew there was an overpayment and knew it was being paid back then he must have accepted it was right otherwise presumably he would have challenged it when he was first told about it.

IQ