I was still paying back overpaid tax credits when my youngest daughter was 23. They had totally miscalculated for years but of course it's never their fault. In fact I still owe them money but as I retired through ill health they can't deduct money from my wages anymore.
DH is being chased by HMRC. They say he owes them £138.50. This was actually paid back in March 2014 but somehow they've either paid it into someone else's account or it's floating around in the mysterious 'don't know where this should go' account. I spoke to them again today. Now I have to send them a letter detailing the bank sort code, account number, cheque number and the date it appeared on the bank statement so that they can attempt to trace the payment. Meanwhile they're sitting on over £1000 that was paid by his pension even though he doesn't earn enough to pay tax. Apparently he can't have that back until after April 5th just in case he has a massive increase in income between now and then. They must think we're going to win the lottery....let's hope they know something we don't know
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