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Hi!
I recieved a letter from TC saying that we owe them money as they overpaid. Without going into the ins and outs basically they overpaid by them not updating their system but still wanting me to pay for their mistake!?!?
I am so angry and frustrated! I don't know what to do. I have appealed but getting nowhere!
Can anyone help?
I recieved a letter from TC saying that we owe them money as they overpaid. Without going into the ins and outs basically they overpaid by them not updating their system but still wanting me to pay for their mistake!?!?
I am so angry and frustrated! I don't know what to do. I have appealed but getting nowhere!
Can anyone help?
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I am soooo angry with them I have always told them of any changes straight away, my husband has been out of work most this year and is now earning a lot less than he has ever done and they also stopped my child care element too so I am now about ??220 per month down and i've tried appealing but nothing has worked.
They only overpaid me by ??600 so I can't work out why we're not entitled to anything until dec 2010!!
i've given up with them
Aw Claire A Belle that is shocking! How they manage to screw peoples claims up I just don't know!
They are saying that they overpaid me around ??1500! I don't know how it could be that much considering this was supposed to have happened over a month!?
I am so angry at them! Same as you Claire A belle I always inform them of any changes but to be honest I don't think that it has been updating in their system properlty. Cause they are too many people out they supposedly been overpaid!
I am at teh end of my tether with them but we can't pay that sort of money esp when it was them at fault!!!!
Aaaaarrrrgh! So frustrating!
I am a bit worried as I have always notified them of any change then rang back a few days later to notify again lol (i trust them not)
I really hope you get this sorted & maybe see if you could get some legal advice as it just doesnt seem right to me
I know it's an awful situation to be in, but appealing won't change things unless their figures are actually wrong. If they are, and you can prove this, an appeal should be successful. If you're appealing because you don't think you should pay the money back as it was their mistake, unfortunately this won't be successful. I work for the DWP so have quite a bit of experience with this
If you go to entitledto.co.uk you can put your figures in and it'll show you your entitlement, so you can try and figure out any errors yourself.
Carly xxx
Hope you all get your claims sorted.....!
It is absolutely shocking that Tax Credits are getting away with this! If it was my mistake then fair enough but they made the error! I am going to write to them again! I am getting really upset and angry over this! You would think that they would realise that this is happening to loads of people then it must be a fault on their side as not every single person they are saying they overpaid is in the wrong!
Aaaaaaaarrrrrrgggghh!!!!! Lets all get together and protest!lol
Modified - was v tired when I wrote that last night, and it doesn't make any sense at all when I read the rest of your posts lol!
Hope you get it sorted.
xx
[Modified by: xx Mims xx on November 24, 2009 01:03 PM]
Oooh I never knew Gordon Brown said that! Will look into that!
I haven't read all the details - so don't know if it's the same thing - but on the Martins Money Tips website theres a guide about disputing overpayment in tax credits.
I can't copy the link but if you go to www.moneysavingexpert.com and search the site for tax credits it comes up.
Hope this is of some use
xxx
I'll have a look just now!
Fingers crossed this will work out ok!!!
I'll have a look just now!
Fingers crossed this will work out ok!!!
I'll have a look just now!
Fingers crossed this will work out ok!!!