child benefit overpaid

[josh1234]

hi been overpaid child benefit and got a leter saying i owe them 600 i live with my partner who works but i dont.can they do an attachment of earnings on my partners wage even thought i was the claiment.i know im going to have to pay it back but i want to give them as low amount a week as possible.any advice would be appreciated.if this is in the wrong category maybe someone could move it.

[Kati]

Re: child benefit overpaid

Hi [MENTION=40501]josh1234[/MENTION] ... I'm unsure if they can do an AoE on your partner's wage (although I doubt it), but maybe [MENTION=48934]Debt Camel[/MENTION] or [MENTION=6]Amethyst[/MENTION] will be able to answer that

If you have problems paying back the whole overpayment in one go, you'll have to contact HMRC to get a payment plan - https://www.gov.uk/repay-child-benefit-overpayments

Pay back overpayments

The Child Benefit Office will write to tell you how to pay back the overpayment. The payslip you get with the letter has the bank account details.
You’ll usually have to pay it back in a lump sum.
Contact HMRC about repayments or if you need time to pay.

[nemesis45]

Re: child benefit overpaid

hi been overpaid child benefit and got a leter saying i owe them 600 i live with my partner who works but i dont.can they do an attachment of earnings on my partners wage even thought i was the claiment.i know im going to have to pay it back but i want to give them as low amount a week as possible.any advice would be appreciated.if this is in the wrong category maybe someone could move it.

I don't believe that an AOE can be used against a 3rd party.
nem

[Debt Camel]

Re: child benefit overpaid

Do you mean Child Benefit? It's pretty rare to get an overpayments for CB - how did this happen?

If your meant Child Tax Credit then this is a joint claim with your partner.

[josh1234]

Re: child benefit overpaid

thanks for the input guys.basicly we were getting child tax credits for our daughter and child benefit as she went into higher education but when her course finished the tax credits ended automaticly but the child benefit was still being paid so we thought it was maybe some kind of back payments.