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Tax credits have just put nearly 10k in my bank

456 replies

TheWildOnesNeverDie · 03/12/2019 00:18

Just checked my bank, as I do most days at 12am incase payments have Gone in from my free lance job.
I don’t earn very much so I like to keep an eye.

I have just checked and nearly had a heart attack to see there was 8k in there. Last time I checked I had £113

I quickly scrolled to see where it had come from and it says bank giro - which is usually tax credits/ child benefit, but I get paid on a Friday.
And usually only £63 per week.

I have one child, have not changed circumstances all year. Haven’t contacted them for anything recently either.

WHAT DO I DO?

OP posts:
MsPepperPotts · 03/12/2019 13:48

I hope it's not a mistake.
I hope it's a result of a underpayment on their part.
Good Luck OP Halloween Grin

Seriouslyconfused3 · 03/12/2019 13:55

Op have you thought about ringing them? Wink

BlanketTime · 03/12/2019 13:57

Oh come on now. Who would have £8k put in their bank and by 2pm the next day still not know where it came from. Either OP knows and is just not coming back or it was made up to start with

MrsElijahMikaelson1 · 03/12/2019 13:58

Brewwaiting

QueQueQue · 03/12/2019 14:00

Fingers crossed for you!

Pieceofpurplesky · 03/12/2019 14:01

Just waiting to find out like lots of others

namechangenumber2 · 03/12/2019 14:03

Why are we waiting...

badbananabad · 03/12/2019 14:06

OP please update us, I'm too invested in this!

Fingers crossed for you. Although I have a bad feeling that it's bad news, hence the lack of update ..hope I'm wrong.

Paddy1234 · 03/12/2019 14:06

Waiting ......

GeorgieTheGorgeousGoat · 03/12/2019 14:10

Wind up. Classic thread layout...

Knittedfairies · 03/12/2019 14:10

Still on hold OP?

WalkersAreNotTheOnlyCrisps · 03/12/2019 14:12

...I'm guessing more a Victorian safe kinda thread...

stickerqueen · 03/12/2019 14:17

we never going to know op not coming back

myhandsareverycold · 03/12/2019 14:17

Oooh, I'm dying to know what happens.

T0tallyFuckedUpFamily · 03/12/2019 14:22

This thread is starting to feel like the what’s in the safe thread.

AlternativePerspective · 03/12/2019 14:23

If it’s an owed payment of £8k can you imagine how much the OP must be earning to not notice that discrepancy? Yeah. Right.

SuperlativeScrubs · 03/12/2019 14:27

Walkers That Victorian safe still haunts me. I always wonder about it at the most random of times.

Straycatstrut · 03/12/2019 14:30

What was the Victorian safe thread?..... Shock

badguyduh · 03/12/2019 14:33

iirc there was a cancelled cheque in the safe

NarhwalAndAFireExtinguisher · 03/12/2019 14:36

Watching

Retpark101 · 03/12/2019 14:37

Trying to find the Victorian safe thread to link here...seems to have gone missing

CoastalWave · 03/12/2019 14:42

Tax Credits are f - in useless. Managed to overpay me by £2k DESPITE me keeping them FULLY informed of my correct income. Arses.

They actually sent me a letter last week asking for another £70 that they reckoned I'd been overpaid.

Seriously. Just give it them back and about £2k on top if you ever decide to come off tax credits..

Bluetrews25 · 03/12/2019 14:44

I think OP stole the ironing board and this is the ransom payment. A bit late, admittedly.

uncomfortablydumb53 · 03/12/2019 14:44

If possible could you go into bank branch and see if they can trace where the payment originated from?
I'd do it before contacting HMRC... could it possibly be a backdated payment due to an audit?
Hope it is yours and you can have a wonderful Christmas

GCAcademic · 03/12/2019 14:45

The OP must be out buying a Barbour jacket with the money.