Hi all, I'm hoping someone can set me straight regarding my child tax credit entitlement. I'm fairly sure I am right in what I'm thinking though. My payments were stopped earlier in August, I had no idea why, so I rang their 'helpline' to ask. I was initially informed it was because they were late receiving the renewal form, even though it was sent back middle of July! Then later on in the conversation he told me it was because my partner had earned too much money last year, £800 over the limit of £32,200. Am I correct in thinking that the new limit only came in to force at this years' budget and the previous limit was £40,000? I also thought that tax credits were based on the previous years earnings, so in this case 2010 - 2011? I got a letter yesterday stating that there was an overpayment of nearly £7000 which they want back! £5000 of which was for 2011 - 2012 and the remaining £1700 from April this year. So, I ring them and ask how on earth can that be right. He was adamant that my partner had earned too much and we weren't entitled to it. I googled how much the limit was for 2010 - 2011 and it was £40,000 for a family with 2 children (my partner only earned the minimum wage then, his salary was £9000). I also seen an article which stated the family element of child tax credit was not affected should the salary be less than £40,000 (I don't know what the 'family element' is to be honest). They stopped paying Working Tax Credits in April as they were aware how much he earned up until then but they continued to pay the child tax credits, now they say they want this back too - I'm annoyed that they think they can do this as it was their mistake in the first place! If I'm not entitled to it from now on then that's fine but I don't see why I should pay back what I was entitled to previously. Can anyone let me know if this is right or not? Any help would be appreciated, thank you in advance x