Sorry for hijacking AIBU but I know I’ll get the traffic here.
I’ve just received a letter from an HMRC Compliance Officer asking me to provide bank statements showing what childcare costs I’ve paid in the previous tax year. This is fine, I have all the info and will send it off to them. My average weekly ccc were £60 per week, which they were aware of and this reflects what’s on my bank statements. There’s nothing else mentioned on the letter, it only talks about childcare costs.
What I’m worried about is that there are transactions where I’ve transferred money to my partners account - small amounts like 10 and 20 pounds if we’ve maybe been out for dinner and he’s paid, I’ve then transferred him half so we can go Dutch, sometimes he’s done the same with me if I’ve paid, so his name appears on my bank statements.
I’ve only been with DP a year and a half and we moved in together at the beginning of this month. I reported this to HMRC straight away and stopped claiming Tax Credits - I work and earn too much for WTC but was getting CTC and childcare element to help with CCC. I have 2 kids who are not DP’s.
I’m just really worried that they’ll think DP was supporting me due to the transferring of money between our accounts, albeit it is infrequent and only small amounts. He does have proof of his previous address before he moved in here if they do question it but I work for DWP and am totally shitting myself that they could sack me because of this.
Am I being stupid and worrying needlessly?