Just had a call from HM Rev & Customs saying I owe tax credits £1500 from 2009! I have never received any letters communicating this, but according to the guy on the phone - that is neither here nor there - it's all on their system, they have sent me letter after letter.
I asked when the last letter was sent, he said January 2011. I asked if it was to my current address (as we only moved in January 2011) and he said yes. Well, that's funny because I was so busy I forgot to call them and change my address until well after January.
They said I have been overpaid Working Tax Credits, but that's all he could say, and the main thing now was that I have to set up a recovery so that I don't face a legal battle!
Does anyone have any experience/advice on this? I am sooo stressed out. We literally do not have this money, and barely have enough to survive on at the minute, with one toddler and another baby on the way. The amount of times I have spoken to them on the phone since 2009, changing my claim/circumstances etc etc - nobody has mentioned this!!!
Please help!