Tax credit notice to pay…15yrs later!

pollyminx

Charles_Foxtrot said:

How much money are we talking about here?

That’s the other thing, the letter says the total jointly owed is £183 but on the phone she said it was £367 something (which is obviously the full amount and the letter is the half I supposedly owe) 

pollyminx

tifo said:

pollyminx said:

If the debt has transferred to DWP why is the letter of notice to pay from HMRC? 

HMRC transfer any debt to DWP debt management if you're on a DWP benefit.

tifo said:

pollyminx said:

If the debt has transferred to DWP why is the letter of notice to pay from HMRC? 

HMRC transfer any debt to DWP debt management if you're on a DWP benefit.

tifo said:

pollyminx said:

If the debt has transferred to DWP why is the letter of notice to pay from HMRC? 

HMRC transfer any debt to DWP debt management if you're on a DWP benefit.

I don’t get any DWP benefit (other than child benefit) so it sounds like it’s still with HMRC at the moment. 

pollyminx

Newcad said:

Things are a bit all over the place at the moment with Tax Credits being migrated to UC.

Old overpayments that HMRC were not chasing are suddenly being looked at again - and of course with them sometimes being years old mistakes are being made.

If it is still HMRC you are dealing with then be thankful for (very) small mercies.

DWP have more powers/options to collect old debts than HMRC does. eg. DWP can take repayments from ongoing benefits without having to go to court first.

Once it does get to the DWPs Debt Managment you have very little chance of finding out what is going on, they appear to operate by their own rules behind closed doors - even DWP staff can get little if any information out of them.

Thanks, that’s helpful. I’ve written to ask for all copies and call transcripts and also raised two complaints (1 about breach of GDPR and the other about the fact they are now chasing something that was seemingly resolved at the time) so have been told the complaints team will be in touch by 17th august. I’m trawling an old computer to see if there is any copies of the letter I sent at the time. I’ve also spoken to my local MP who is raising a complaint too.