DWP Debt Management Letters

poppy12345

Tax credits could have only been claimed as a couple so yes you will be liable for half the debt. If she was claiming as a single person then they wouldn't be contacting you now.

calcotti

TomW1988 said:

calcotti said:

TomW1988 said:

calcotti said:

TomW1988 said:

KatrinaWaves said:

Did you have joint benefit claims with your ex wife?

No we didn't, not to my knowledge anyways as i was earning too much.

I do wonder if your ex claimed Tax Credits as a couple. I can't see any other benefit that is likely to have given rise to a debt - however we are guessing.

If that is the case, and i manage to speak with the DWP over this.  Do you know where I would stand?
Literally been worrying for the last few days since the letter.

Your first question is obviously to find out what the debt is for. If it is for Tax Credits they will not know the details - they will simply have been notified of the debt by HMRC.

They will expect you to payback the debt in one go but if you can’t you should be able to negotiate a payment plan. If the debtis passed to debt collectors there will then be debt agency fees to pay as well as the debt.

But if my ex has done this, passing over the debt to me, without my knowledge, then i would still be liable to this? 

If their was a joint claim then you will be jointly liable. Proving it was a fraudulent claim may be difficult. However we are getting ahead of ourselves - you don’t yet know what the alleged debt is for.

sheramber

Try starting to dialling a  minute or so before opening time so you get through as soon as lines open.

TomW1988

calcotti said:

TomW1988 said:

calcotti said:

TomW1988 said:

calcotti said:

TomW1988 said:

KatrinaWaves said:

Did you have joint benefit claims with your ex wife?

No we didn't, not to my knowledge anyways as i was earning too much.

I do wonder if your ex claimed Tax Credits as a couple. I can't see any other benefit that is likely to have given rise to a debt - however we are guessing.

If that is the case, and i manage to speak with the DWP over this.  Do you know where I would stand?
Literally been worrying for the last few days since the letter.

Your first question is obviously to find out what the debt is for. If it is for Tax Credits they will not know the details - they will simply have been notified of the debt by HMRC.

They will expect you to payback the debt in one go but if you can’t you should be able to negotiate a payment plan. If the debtis passed to debt collectors there will then be debt agency fees to pay as well as the debt.

But if my ex has done this, passing over the debt to me, without my knowledge, then i would still be liable to this? 

If their was a joint claim then you will be jointly liable. Proving it was a fraudulent claim may be difficult. However we are getting ahead of ourselves - you don’t yet know what the alleged debt is for.

Finally got through to them, seems its tax credits from 2015.  I had moved out of the family house in 2015.  
Feel like i have been shafted royally here.  On phone to tax credits now to find out what was claimed