Didnt declare savings

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Tonytone11 wrote: »

where do they need to go and report it?

The Housing Benefit office of their local authority.

Tonytone11 wrote: »

so if they now reported there savings accuractly whats the chances of the investigators actually looking back?
and is there a time frame how far back they can check?

99% chance of an investigator looking back. They can go back as far as they like - in this case, probably to the beginning of the claim.

NYM

Is it just HB they claimed or did they also claim Pension Guarantee Credit ?

Tonytone11

not sure does it make a difference

Londonsu

Tonytone11 wrote: »

so if they now reported there savings accuractly whats the chances of the investigators actually looking back?
and is there a time frame how far back they can check?

Every chance and they will certainly go back to the point when the couple first claimed the income related benefits and made the mistake

Tonytone11

if hvent been caught last 6 years why should they now?

TELLIT01

And if it is seen that the 'gifts' were made recently I'm not so sure they couldn't chase to get those back either.
Bottom line is that a major fraud has potentially been commited and it's likely that there will be in-depth digging to recover what can be recovered. General rule of thumb if prosecution isn't considered the best way forward is repaying all over payment +50% 'fine'.

Tonytone11

so how much would overpayment have been if they had 50k savings over 5-6 years?

Indie_Kid

Tonytone11 wrote: »

not sure does it make a difference

Yes it does

NYM

Tonytone11 wrote: »

so how much would overpayment have been if they had 50k savings over 5-6 years?

It depends on how much they've received in means tested benefits in 5-6 years.

If they weren't entitled to receive any because of their joint income and capital, including savings and investments...then everything they got would have been an 'overpayment'

Londonsu

Tonytone11 wrote: »

so how much would overpayment have been if they had 50k savings over 5-6 years?

I am sure the council will be very happy to tell them once they have all the facts, any case it doesn't matter how much the overpayment is it still has to be paid back