Child Tax Credit Overpayments

[Celestine]

BBC NEWS | Business | Dealing with tax credit overpayments

Some useful info in that article. But please post your own case here or add any other helpful snippets.

Thanks

[iancognito]

Some interesting stuff on there, particularly the form for appealing the decision, I didn't know about that one.

This system only came in my sons last year at school and of course I was far worse off having lost first the tax relief on my mortgage, then the married persons tax allowance, that was the only thing worth marrying for! (only joking dear).

When I received my second form, I didn't bother filling it in as the Inland Revenue site indicated I was not entitled to any credit (son was leaving school by then) I was paid up until he left then received a letter saying I owed them £200+ ignored it, as you do with debts you can't pay, thought I'd sort it when they started demanding payment.

I think I was entitled to the credit up to son leaving school but because I didn't apply, they obviously think I wasn't. Haven't heard anything off them since so I'm not gonna rock the boat, but I will fight it if they come back to me - which I believe they can do - forever!!!

They'll probably end up taking it out of my pension.