Working tax credit/ esa. advice please

[Ali71]

Hi

Renewed my claim April 12 30hr element.dad became ill mid April and passed away 30th may.during may/June I had time off unpaid,never crossed my mind at this time to ring tax credits.I carried on working went to docs on 19th sept and was signed off sick.I then started claiming ESA,asked jobcentre if I was to inform tax credits they told me no.I then phoned tax credit help line April 1st 13 to cancel it as I'd been off work 27 weeks and didn't know if I would be returning to work,handed my notice in may 10th. got a compliance letter from Belfast asking for p60,wage slips.I rang Belfast and spoke to a woman explaining all this,she was not nice at all and said to send the evidence in.which I did recorded delivery.worried sick because my p60 is so low,but didn't realise I was doing anything wrong.this year has been hell and to top it off I have this and just got 0 on my atos examination.any advice? will I be prosecuted? This is Making me feel more ill suffering from severe depression not eaten for 2 days.

[time4change2]

tax credits do you mean you was Working less hours than you should have been to qualify for them?

 

 

ESA are you going to appeal the decision you got from ATOS which was 0 points?

[Ali71]

Everything turned upside down mid April when my dad became ill may June had time off unpaid.went back to work became very depressed,claimed ESA from sept.I was still employed up to may this year.I thought I could claim ESA while still getting wtc.but i cancelled after 27 wks thinking this was the right thing to do.but my p60 is nothing like the prediction I made for the year.woman on phone in Belfast was vile,basically said I didnt have a job.which I did have.

[time4change2]

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/leaflets/wtc2.pdf

 

 

if you have a look at page 11 on the link it will explain this in a bit more detail for you

 

[Ali71]

Thanks,I did read that and that's why I cancelled my claim on the 1st April.thing I'm worried about is I didn't tell tax credits I was off sick as an idiot at the jobcentre said I didn't need to.will they make me pay the year back.

[time4change2]

they might class it as an over payment in which case it will have to be paid back either in full or in instalments depending on what agreement you come to. there is always a risk of prosecution as in every case but id wait and see what they come back to you with.

 

i know its hard but id not worry about that at the moment until you know what there reply will be. you have been though a lot with the passing of your father. just wait and see what they say them come back and let us know and we can see if we can advice you further on this. ther have been a few cases like this on here recently so people are aware. and do get into these situations .

 

do you know where you stand with appealing your ESA decision do you know what to do with regards to appealing etc ect?

[Ali71]

Yes thanks I posted a question and got some advice on appealing.I accept if I've been overpaid but it was a genuine mistake.I've read other posts and my case doesn't seem so bad in comparison to others.Many thanks for your help.

Ali

[Ali71]

I received a letter back from compliance officer today.it's says 'I have completed my checks into your reward.I accept the information you gave us and do not need to amend your tax credits

Thankyou for sending the following documents etc.'

Does this mean everything's ok and there's no overpayment.

Thanks.

[scotgal68]

Yes it means they've accepted what you've told them. What are the dates for the award they're referring to plz?

[Ali71]

Hi

It's from 2012-2013.such a relief they actually owed me some money.got a letter from Preston with final award.

[scotgal68]

You're fine - I was wondering if they had checked previous awards. If you've got the final award with no overpayments you're in the clear. A huge weight off your mind, lot of worry for you on top of your other personal stress x

[Ali71]

Yes it is thanks,glad it's all completed,didn't think I'd done anything wrong but it's quite scary getting one of those letters! If they checked previous years it would have been spot on.just my ESA to sort now!

Thanks for your reply

Ali

[Starbreaker]

Yes it is thanks,glad it's all completed,didn't think I'd done anything wrong but it's quite scary getting one of those letters! If they checked previous years it would have been spot on.just my ESA to sort now!

Thanks for your reply

Ali

 

Hi wonder if anyone can help me .Filled in tax credit renewal wrong put down income twice.Phoned them and the advisor said she would remove one of the incomes.Just feel really nervous am receiving wrong information.Can anyone help?

Edited June 17, 2013 by Starbreaker

[scotgal68]

What do you need help with? You've made HMRC aware of your error, they said they'll rectify it, you haven't had anything to say they haven't acted on your info, right?

[Starbreaker]

What do you need help with? You've made HMRC aware of your error, they said they'll rectify it, you haven't had anything to say they haven't acted on your info, right?

 

Just wanted to make sure I won't be penalized for making the error.Had no paperwork through and was just a bit worried .

[scotgal68]

Try not to worry, wait until you get your award notice through, you can check then x

[Starbreaker]

Just wanted to make sure I won't be penalized for making the error.Had no paperwork through and was just a bit worried .

 

Only get Child Tax Credit.

[Starbreaker]

Only get Child Tax Credit.

 

What happened was put my income down then for some reason I put it down again in extra income .The advisor said it was a common error just never happened to me before.

[scotgal68]

Really? If you're only getting CTC, then I can't see why your income would make a difference. You'll still get an award notice tho. You can check it

[scotgal68]

Well I think you'll be ok

[Starbreaker]

Well I think you'll be ok

 

The reason is I get a small amount of family element.my double salary figures takes me over the new 26000 cut off.Thanks for your helpx