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the first thing i want to do is apologise I feel like a compete waste of space for letting this happen i have been such a fool. I claim childcare through tax credits and have for many years however I changed jobs at the end of aug and didnt need childcare any longer but did not notify Tax credits I was claiming my childcare was £140 per week - i am unsure how much of that they give me I think its around £105 towards childcare. I kept meaning to call but bills came then xmas and I kept thinking just one more week and I will call then n jan I knew I would have to go back to using childcare so could not afford to do that if tax credits messed up so i thought just a few more weeks well I got new job in feb and started in march however my costs are only £80 per week however i still did not contact them i just decided i would do it when i renewed well I have had my renwal pack sitting here been so scared to renew and come clean its just gone on and on i know you may not believe but i promise i would have come clean when i called and renewed i had no intention of lying on my renewal however a few days ago i recieved a review letter and I have to give them all my childcare reciepts and contracts i have spoke to childminders who are getting info for me as I hve not kept copy of receipets and whilst talking to one of them discoved that the tax credit office had called her so they obviously know what i have been up to. I feel like i have ruined everything my husband had no idea i was still claiming as it goes into my account i am scared i am going to loose my friends and job if i get prosocecuted. I am going to renew once i have all info together and then send in letter with all required info explaining what i have done i am so ashamed i just wonder if anyone has been in this situation who can let me know what will happen ie timescales and will i have to go to police station or anything ?

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Its not going to be the police, with tax credits they are more concerned with getting the money back.

 

Best to make a few notes when you stopped needing child care etc and how many weeks you believe you have overclaimed. I think they prefer full disclosure and well just tell them like you told it here. You will see there are many in same situation and none have come back saying they are being prosecuted so far. I know they are clamping down as well you can gather from reading on this forum how large the problem is with many in same boat, so best to make that call and you can then feel a sence of releif you need xx

 

They will likely send you an overpayment letter and ask you for any receipts you do have etc...from when using care.

 

Ive even read how nice some of the tax credit staff have been when dealign with it as you can imagine they can choose to go official over something like this and prosecute, but we have yet to have feedback that a case has gone down that route.

 

So sorry for the waffle, but dont panic and just put it right. They will likely come to some agreement on repayment with you xx

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Watchinginvestigation is right dont panic, your letting your mind run riot. Easy for us to say I know, most of time it isnt as bad as you think, there are a lot of posts on here in regard to this very subject and people have come back and said they'd managed to sort things. It is an overpayment and this can be sorted out. Renew wait for letter and we'll all help as much as we can. Now get a good nights sleep and ring them/send form before deadline otherwise things will get worse.

Claire x

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Hi just a couple more questions I am sending off letter today I have admitted to failing to contact them with changes through the year and apoloigised is this advisabe to admit I was wrong I have also higlighted the fact I had not renewed and was going to make them aware when i did renew ( i am awaiting copy of P60). Also if anyone has been through this how long have you waitied to hear anything back once letter was submitted ?

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Hi there I was in the same boat, I had paid childcare but to the holiday club registered with tax credits but I had also used other sporting clubs which I did not have receipts off, I had a letter from the holiday club as I had not kept receipts and sent it off to tax credits with a covering letter admitting my mistake. I like you was worried sick however last week I had a letter saying that my award was fine and no changes have to be made. Looking on here people have letters asking to pay it back, my advice would be to be honest, good luck xx

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Ok a little update as i can see on these posts no one seems to update as to whats happening with tax credits I am still very scared I sent all of childcare info back and letter explaining that had to be in by end of last week I have now already received response all documents returned and I have a letter asking me to call in and complete my renewal with them rather than through main hotline which is probably good thing as will avoid huge waiting times i now have all info to go ahead and renew so will do so tomorrow. The letter states they have amended tax credit award as childcare was incorrect - which obviously I knew so does this mean they wont prosecute if they have already amended award or would they do that anyway. It says I will received a new award notice - however i am guessing until i call tomorrow and confirm incomes that i wont get an accurate award notice. I feel really anxious that I was delt with so quickly as other threads have had to wait a while for response. I am grateful they have been prompt as not sleeping just sitting up letting my mind run away with me however spending lots of time freting.

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Just a warning to all you out there maybe its a good I idea to call as well as send letter as my renewal was wrong as they never took into account my changes I sent them on letter they just used info they already had which was incorrect so do double check everything. I did manage to call up and get it all sorted and as far as I can see I am paying back about £30 per week on a £4000 overpayment. I am waiting for final confirmation but it seems very fair as I was expecting to loose tax credits all together while making repayments. The people I spoke to at office where really nice and its been delt with me fairly and quickly. I would just say to everyone who is not updating changes regularly please do its really not worth all the stress just call them and be honest they seem happy just to get money back and I honestly feel like such a HUGE weight has been lifted of my shoulders I have been worrying about it for months lost so many nights sleep over the fact I had not updated changes and was so worried about what would happen when I did come clean and I worried myself into a state that I didnt need to be in.

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Hi there, did you go in to do the renewal then? Surely they should have picked everything up then. Thanks for the advice I will call them again later and send another letter recorded delivery. Just to cover myself for the future.

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No i did renewal over the phone about a week after I had sent in letter confessing to things but it seemed like they took no notice of the letter I sent in and worked with what they knew so i called once I realised info was incorrect and spoke to lady and explained everything that was in my letter she had to call my childminder to confirm details (even though i had sent in contracts and reciepts) however she did that within a couple of hours and called me back to confirm info i had given was correct and she was updating the system. So I am now just waiting for all paperwork to come through.

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