Tax credit overpayment - whats going on now?

raq

we where overpaid by just over £4k in 2003 . Went on maternity leave as I had my second baby. took us 2 years to pay and got into a financial mess. Had to put it on a credit card and still paying back,never again.

Anyway, haven';t heard anything. Hope so, then again we are not that lucky with having any money back to us.

Also our post is slow these days.

raq

amani wrote: »

This year i have kept records of all phone calls, times, dates and conversations. Whether it will make a difference we will see!

I've done exactly the same since March 2007. date, time and who I spoke to

raq

tigtag02 wrote: »

:rolleyes: :rolleyes:
31st was Friday ~ so they are saying that if Royal Mail have not got your letter to you yet you wont get anything back

Lets play hangman:

SHOWER OF S_I_E

That's really made my day then:o Haven't had my mail as yet but if I do I will update you all.

raq

Maz3374 wrote: »

Oh please let it be me! i haven't had a letter yet but please let it be me. I have a significant overpayment going back 2-3 years, oh please let it be me!!!

You sound like me. Could really do with £100 never mind thousands.

amani_2

raq wrote: »

You sound like me. Could really do with £100 never mind thousands.

Im not that lucky at getting money back either and I know what you mean about the £100!

in_debt_again_but_dealing_with_it

Anything would be nice, even writing off what we still owe - however much that is - haven't a clue cause its not easy to see!!! A proper statement would be lovely!!

mrsspendalot

Well we just got a letter out of the blue today from TC:

"When looking at our records we gave noticed that you have recieved more tax credits than you were entitled to because of a change of circumstances. However, because that change of circumstances happened some time ago, and we have not previously asked you to repay this money, we are not going to ask you to repay it now. This does not affect any overpayment we have already asked you to pay back"

Doesn't say when the overpayment occured, or how much, but at least they're not asking us for anything back. I wonder if this is as a result of the mistakes mentioned at the start of this thread?

comicmankev

I have had 9 letters in 2 weeks from them, all stating different things. The whole situation seems to be ludicrous! I've phoned 3 times and they have told me something different every time. If they don't know what it's all about, how are we supposed to?