UNDERpaid by tax credits what happens?

weesie81

Hi my husband earned less than he did last year by about £240, also the prediction they made for his salary this year was about £700 higher than his actual earnings.
I have only just renewed on 15/7/13 as the tv advert reminded me i had not done this yet.
I also noticed that the last 3 months payments were a bit less than the rest of the year and the paperwork shows this higher estimation of his earnings as the reason for the lesser amount.

So does this mean we have been underpaid? What happens in this situation do our payments just go up to make the difference? Is it a lump sum and will it be backdated?

Icequeen99

weesie81 wrote: »

Hi my husband earned less than he did last year by about £240, also the prediction they made for his salary this year was about £700 higher than his actual earnings.
I have only just renewed on 15/7/13 as the tv advert reminded me i had not done this yet.
I also noticed that the last 3 months payments were a bit less than the rest of the year and the paperwork shows this higher estimation of his earnings as the reason for the lesser amount.

So does this mean we have been underpaid? What happens in this situation do our payments just go up to make the difference? Is it a lump sum and will it be backdated?

No, unlikely you will have an underpayment unless your combined income fell by more than £2,500 when compared to 2011/12.

The only exception would be if you were already being paid on a lower estimate.

IQ

weesie81

Thanks for your reply bit gutted now :-(
worked out with the calculator on here we have been getting approx £40 a month less than we should of been getting seems a bit mean they do not have to give you it, if i had got it wrong i am sure they would not let it go in my favour.