High income child benefit - charges for benefit I never received??

Pasanda

xylophone wrote: »

I have to say that it seems to me that HMRC's requirement for a letter to be obtained from another section of the same organisation seems utterly ridiculous and to add insult to injury when they have erroneously claimed a large sum of money from a taxpayer.

Couldn’t agree more!

Pasanda

xylophone wrote: »

It occurs to me that the OP might like to refer the matter to his MP.

Good idea - I will email my MP.

Pennywise

And a quote from a judge in an upper tribunal case (different subject but still highlights the state of HMRC):-

"A sorry tale of HMRC's institutional incompetence and inefficiency"

Pasanda

Got a response from my MP today, she has written to the Chief Executive of HMRC. Not that I think it will change anything in my particular case but I can at least hope it might help someone else in the future to avoid ending up in the same situation... one can wish anyway :-)

Pasanda

Update: got a call from HRMC with reference to the letter my MP sent. They will look into it. Fingers crossed now....

Pasanda

Hurray - letter received now from HMRC who says they are withdrawing their assessment.
:T

ViolaLass

Pasanda wrote: »

Hurray - letter received now from HMRC who says they are withdrawing their assessment.
:T

Gosh, isn't it funny how competent a group can become when contacted by an MP?

badmemory

One would hope that it will not be long before MPs become p***** o** by having to deal with what should be straight forward issues & actually get someone to deal with it.

Whilst I appreciate that MPs do not actually deal with this carp themselves, they may well be paying for the time of the person that is & would far rather they were dealing with something else, rather than something that should not have come their way in the first place.

xylophone

Hurray - letter received now from HMRC who says they are withdrawing their assessment.

Is it too much to hope that you also received an apology?:)