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nigmatron
Rank; Hector Tax Inspector
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 Posted - 25/03/2009 : 21:24:31
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I recieved a letter today telling me that I'd been overpaid £2,355.16 in tax credits in 2004. It stated that I'd had reminders (which I haven't) and I have to pay now in full or make arrangements to pay within 12 months.
I called the helpline I found on the hmrc website and spoke to someone about it. I asked her why I owed the money and she said that it was because I hadn't sent in my renewal form so the previous years payments were owed back to them. She is sending out a form to dispute the overpayment.
I have suffered from depression in the past and at this time I was working part time to get back into the work force. I explained that I may do different hours per week because I was still a little nervous about going back to work. (My boss was extremely flexible when it came to what hours I felt I could do each week.) They told me that was fine and that I could send them my wage slips every month and they would just work out my working tax credits off them. The more hours I worked, the less they would pay me. This sounded like a perfect arrangement and I wasn't pressured into working a certain amount of hours if I didn't feel up to it. Now I get this letter 5 years later to tell me that I owe them all the money they gave me. I'm back on antidepressants now and was really struggling on the phone to the hmrc helpline because she was asking me how I was paid, was it a cheque or a giro or direct payments? I honestly can't remember, heck I can't remember what I had for tea last night. lol. I told her I didn't remember getting a renewal form and I'm worried now that she will take that as meaning I didn't get one and send it back. I know that if I'd got a form I most certainly would have sent it back to them...I just don't remember that far back.
Anyway, I'm just waiting for my dispute form to arrive and will be taking notes off this site to help me fill it in. You are all doing a fantastic job and seeing all the other people in the same boat has helped a little. I've been crying and being sick all day with the stress of it, but I'm feeling a little better now.
Thank you all. 
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£2,355.16 owed in overpaid tax credits
