old WTC debt and new claim

skater_kat

hi. does anyone know about procedures for paying back WTC:

if someone is no longer claiming WTC, yet has a debt to HMRC for overpaid WTC from 5 years ago, and is paying it back via a monthly payment plan:
if they are now eligible again for WTC and make a new claim; will any new award of tax credits be reduced against the original overpayment?
or would an award be made and the debt still be paid back to them as per the original payment plan?

thanks

Icequeen99

Currently HMRC cannot recover old debts from new claims. However they are going to start doing this from October, but the full detail of how it will work is not yet clear.

IQ

Icequeen99

blondebubbles wrote: »

There is some information on their COP26 (page 13)

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/leaflets/cop26.pdf

It hasn't started yet though has it?

IQ

skateykatey

blondebubbles wrote: »

No idea I'm afraid.

I read somewhere it was October bit it's been on the COP26 for a fee months now.

Hey, it's not live yet, prob looking at around November.

NYM

skateykatey wrote: »

Hey, it's not live yet, prob looking at around November.

Your *User name* and the OP are so similar

skateykatey

NYM wrote: »

Your *User name* and the OP are so similar

Ha ha, I never even noticed. Skaters get everywhere!

Icequeen99

NYM wrote: »

Your *User name* and the OP are so similar

So similar that I actually wondered why you had asked the question if you knew the answer :rotfl:

NYM

Icequeen99 wrote: »

So similar that I actually wondered why you had asked the question if you knew the answer :rotfl:

I didn't know they 'both' liked skating...;)