Housing benefit fraud

nannytone_2

NYM wrote: »

I sincerely hope that the house you inherited/sold/and then invested the proceeds in your Mother's name, wasn't the same house your Mum lived in before you rented her the house you were living in prior to your travels...

...:( I know what I mean

now that would be something special

SandraScarlett

NYM wrote: »

I sincerely hope that the house you inherited/sold/and then invested the proceeds in your Mother's name, wasn't the same house your Mum lived in before you rented her the house you were living in prior to your travels...

...:( I know what I mean

........ and so say all of us! And you say you are living in rented accommodation now - why?????


xx

nannytone_2

SandraScarlett wrote: »

........ and so say all of us! And you say you are living in rented accommodation now - why?????


xx

that hadnt even occured to me!


the OP may well have acted in all innocence..
but to be honest, if he had been trying to scam the system he has tried to do it from every angle, but obviously without the necessary knowledge to cover his tracks

NYM

[URL="[IMG]http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Confused/sorry-3.gif[/IMG]"][/URL] It's certainly a very tangled web...

BillJones

keithj1983 wrote: »

I only now mentioned I own the property that my mum lives in because up until we found out yesterday it was never an issue. It was declared to the council from day 1 that my mum would live in a property that I own which is totally acceptable with the council.

I have not declared the income I recieve because it only works out to earning about £30 a month after I've paid my mortgage.

My mum did not declare she was receiving £200 a month from me because it was not a wage if you like, it was expenses she had to pay for helping me out, school runs (petrol), food etc.

I know its starting to look messy. The lady carrying out the inreview after the tape had stopped advised we have been naive and really need to change the way we do things asap because all although it may be honest it doesnt come across that way.

Oh boy...

You've failed to declare rental income, and she's failed to declare income for services given. It does not matter if your income is only small after you pay your mortgage, it still has to be declared.

You do have a buy-to-let mortgage, don't you? You are filling in a tax return?

JOBEN

Let's hope that when you were travelling that your son didn't live with your mother because if he did then fraud will also get you for that as it is not ok to rent off a relative if the landlords child lives with you !

seven-day-weekend

keithj1983 wrote: »

Hello, I did try but its in a scottich widows investment account that is tied up for 7 years, they said it can not be transferred in to my name unless we withdraw the money and re invested it but there was a huge penalty so at the time before i knew about this i didnt think it was worth it.

Is this £45k that is in your mum's name? It's legally her money then.

I think all you can do is show them the paper trail to try to persuade them that you were naive rather than dishonest.

(Just read the rest of the thread and I am not going to touch it with a bargepole).

Ames

Why were you paying your mum for childcare expenses while you were travelling, if your son was living with her wasn't she getting child benefit etc for him?

marybelle01

I am waiting for the thread that starts "My partner hid all his assets in his mums bank accounts for years and went abroad to avoid paying child support...."

stevemLS

Keith

I am really quite disappointed, and possible daft - I spent quite a bit of time trying to help you on the basis of what seemed a genuine mistake.

To paraphrase - too make one mistake is forgiveable, two is unfortunate etc.

You have woven a web of "innocent" mistakes here.

I'm out.

Steve