Child Tax Benefits
A few years back when i lived with my Ex and my Son, we were eligble for Child Tax credits. I was on low income at the time and the only income for the family, so we filled in the forms, and a few weeks later received the benefits.

4 months later, I receive a document pack to fill in. Saying the Tax Credits I was recieving was incorrect, so please fill in the form to be properly calculated. Filled in sent off within the day.

1 month or so later we receive another document pack to fill in, so we ring the department of Benefits (or what ever their name was) up. Aparantly our initial form was correct and a subsequent form was uneccesary.

(gets confusing here)

I then start a newer better paid job, so we fill in the form to update my new salary and situation. send off form.

2 weeks later I am told to fill in a new form for my new job (which i already did)

Phoned up the Department again, to be told the initial - initial form was wrong. and to fill in a brand new form detailing the past 12 months of employment. Which i did in ernest.


Recived a letter shortly after thanking us, and telling us the matter was settled.




4 months later, we had a new form request sent to us.

Filled in, to be told again, the original was fine.

This was a document about 20 pages a pop.

We ignored the rest of the requests. I only ended up claiming for one year.

3 years later I receive a letter saying i owed £2500 as I was overpaid. Which was pretty much how much money i received over the year.

They stopped chasing me about 4 years ago as it turned out I wasnt the only one in this situation. They must have wrote off the debt. Or realised I was actually elible for that money in the first place.
(Dan dan dan They tik urh jerbs!!!, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 14:42, 3 replies)

Makes you really want to
dodge tax.
(username failed moderation, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 15:00, closed)

You're not alone
Similar thing happened to me, except they kept claiming they had the wrong information on a form, turns out they hadn't even sent the bloody thing. Kept chasing me, had threats of court summons and even someone call round to the house to ask when I was going to pay up, my response kept being show me all the evidence that you have fulfilled your side and I'll pay up, haven't heard anything for over 3 years now and despite the fact we could probably get money, 2 kids now and the money would be handy I refuse to have anything to do with them for worry the same damn thing will happen again.
(bluehamster, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 16:13, closed)

this is exactly what happened to me, and what im doing now.

(Dan dan dan They tik urh jerbs!!!, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 17:20, closed)