tax credit overpayment

gothdi

hi im new to this,

i got a tax credit over payment letter
£435 for 03/04
£1353 for 04/til jan 05 when husband left me and 3 kids.
they now want me and my fiance to pay this and have said if ex husband wont pay they will come after us for entire amount.

i dont even know where £1353 came from i always told them if ex husband changed jobs etc, i cannot prove anything as he has all paper work and we are not on good terms,(violence was reason for divorce) his answer is let us pay
i dont know what to do. i have asked for an appeal form but they basically said dont hold my breath,

also have at least £900 overpayment for this year as they gave me my single person amount while they sorted out my new claim when i moved in with partner, i tried to tell them a million times but they said it would be ok, but when they sorted it they gave me a lump sum, i tried to get them to take it back, they refused and said it gets sorted in april.

sorry i waffled but in PANIC dont know what to do.

thanks gothdi

System

If you haven't already done so ask for an explanation of each overpayment. They will send it out along with a dispute form (TC846). You can read their explanation then dispute the overpayments giving the reasons why you disagree with their reasons.

The only people liable for the overpayments on your joint claim are you and your ex - not your fiance.

BTW whilst they are writing to you asking you to repay the amount they will also be writing to your ex, if they know where he lives, but they will not discuss him or his circumstances with you because that would breach Data Protection.

gothdi

they wrote to him and he will pay half, thing is my fiance is liable in a round about way as he is one working, i dont earn anything so he is paying it in effect im stuck, they just added on another lump, its awful they can get away with it,

thank you for the reply, im making them look into the year he left, they just average his years total, divide it by 12 and times it by months we were together, i said hang on what if he earned more the 4 months we werent together that doesnt work out then .

System

gothdi wrote: »

they wrote to him and he will pay half, thing is my fiance is liable in a round about way as he is one working, i dont earn anything so he is paying it in effect im stuck, they just added on another lump, its awful they can get away with it,

thank you for the reply, im making them look into the year he left, they just average his years total, divide it by 12 and times it by months we were together, i said hang on what if he earned more the 4 months we werent together that doesnt work out then .

You need to let the TCO know that YOU don't have any income and they will ask for details of your income and expenditure. You need to emphasize what is yours and what is your fiance's as it would be unfair to expect him to pay your overpayment.