split up with ex jan 2012, he left me. but would not tell me where he was living and his mail etc kept coming to the house.
he has now admitted to living with someone just after xmas, and says he has changed his address for everything now. and his mail has stopped coming as much. the only thing he has carried on paying for is the Sky, as i tried to change it into just my name but
well this morning i have had a letter from tax credits compliance saying they have done a credit check which shows that TWAT exp is still living here. and they are asking for evidence such as bank statements, rent agreements, council tax bills, utility bills and "any other info to explain why i have claimed as a single person". i have most of what they are asking for, but what i am worried about is that the one thing we agreed on is that he would still continue paying my internet and phone line as virgin would not allow me to take it over in my own name (credit score failure) . so that is still in his name.
i am shitting it. i have about 2 weeks to provide that evidence or my tcs get stopped or they will charge me a penalty and the letter even talks about criminal prosecution :(
i am so, so scared. has anyone else ever had this? what happened? please help.
AIBU?
to ask for some help PLEASE re tax credits, compliance, i am SO scared :(
taxcredshelp · 09/03/2013 10:17
thank you skye
have not googled at all today 
and i must admit, when i read all the stuff online, i did suspect some of them were not exactly being truthful, there was stuff like they still had rent / mortgage in joint names, "ex" was paying money into account (other than maintanance) and "ex" was sleeping over occasionally 
and some were even PREGNANT by the "ex" mind you a lot i found was from netmums
yes i definitely feel helpless cosie :(
i actually rang this morning when they opened, and told them i had sent my stuff off. the lady i spoke to was really kind and friendly, and even had a joke with me when one of my kids were shouting at me while i was on the phone (am hoping thats a GOOD sign that she sounded so friendly and relaxed??!... 
)
i also asked if when they did a search on ex's new address, did they find him there? wasn't sure if she could tell me due to data protection, but she told me they DIDN'T find anything :( and this is why they need the extra stuff
so now i am shitting as they HAVENT found him at new address. so i have rang ex in a panic and he ASSURES me he HAS had everything changed over. and to be fair, i have had no mail for him for a good few weeks now. he has also told me that if necessary, i can send his driving licence / bank statements, phone bill to them (which all have new adress on). but he says he doesnt want to give me them to send unless they ask.
Lol thats ridiculous skyeblue
and thats what i mean, my single claim only started jan 2012, prior to that was a joint claim, but they are suggesting it was a single claim the whole time but ex was here and they KNOW that because they were paying us JOINTLY
My letter referred to my single claim for the year ended 5 April 2012, but I didnt start my single claim until 8 April 2012! So the letter was totally wrong anyway.
and they told me to ring them by January 2012. This was in December 2012 lol. I dont actually own a time machine
haha yes please socks :o
they were implying i was lying about mine and ex's relationship
i thought of something else - i don't know if its relevant. but on the letter, it said, re your single claim of 2011 - 2012 and 2012 - 2013 . Between Jan 2011 Up until January 2012 - xp WAS living with me, and we did have a Joint tax credits claim. i wonder if that could have anything to do with it
i wish i could win the lottery so i no longer had to claim anything. i would ring them and tell them to stick it up their arse :(
What lying that Tax Credits were after you, or lying that your X didnt live there ? some people are total knobs./
Sadly Tax Credits have done this to a lot of innocent people and caused a lot of stress, which has been made worse by the fact that most people cant get through to them on the only phone number that they give you.
In my case, my XH left in April 2012 and I made a single claim then. Our joint claim for current year was for 3 days....
Because XH didn't change his address on most things, simply redirected the mail, it meant that this was showing as his address, when he hadnt lived here for almost 9 months by then. and of course, it was still a joint mortgage as it was in the process of being sorted out.
If you can get everything in your name that would be great, and if not, then just explain in the letter to Tax Credits that it is still in your X name for financial reasons. Do you pay it? It could be in his name, but the payment could come from your bank account.
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