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Tax credits, telling them about getting married?

Hi all, can someone please reassure me that I haven't done anything too awful here!

My now husband and I have been mostly on but a little off for 9 years!

We moved back in together in September 2014 and we married in June 2015.

I told tax credits back in September 2014 that he had moved back in and that we were a couple etc and changed our claim.

Although I never told them we got married back in June last year as I have not yet changed my name on any of my paperwork. I've not even told the bank or anyone.

It's not I don't want to change my name but in the last 9 years I have moved house 13 times and I am fed up of updating addresses / records so never bothered (rubbish excuse I know)!

So my question is if I call them and tell them now will I get in any trouble? I'm thinking because we claimed together anyway it shouldn't matter or effect anything?

Than you in advance!

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