83 year old told to pay £700 back.

jstvj

pmlindyloo wrote: »

Just one more thing.

If the amount he received was £3 a month then this means that he has been receiving it for nearly 20 years (probably from when he retired)

Worth checking exactly when he did start receiving it to make sure it is the right amount of overpayment.

Yes, it apparently does go back that far

Pennywise

I don't think pension tax credits go back 20 years - weren't they brought in by Brown about 12-14 years ago? I really can't imagine that any of the amount claimed goes back to whatever system they had before pension tax credits - they probably won't have the information from that long ago. You need to check the amount they want, i.e. exact amounts, exact dates, etc. The first stage is knowing whether the amount is even right, then you can go about appealing etc.

jstvj

pmlindyloo wrote: »

Just one more thing.

If the amount he received was £3 a month then this means that he has been receiving it for nearly 20 years (probably from when he retired)

Worth checking exactly when he did start receiving it to make sure it is the right amount of overpayment.

Yes, it apparently does go back that far

anmarj

pension credit started 6/10/03, before that would be MIG and income support, they can do overpayments as far back as they can

help4help2013

as other have said they can do this it happened to an elderly friend of mine recently they wanted just over £1800 back from him they gave him the choice of instalments too which he took

jstvj

Good news, they have agreed to take instalments. Thank you everyone for your help

HappyMJ

jstvj wrote: »

Good news, they have agreed to take instalments. Thank you everyone for your help

Thanks for the update. Good to hear.