This time last year we got a letter saying they had overpaid us. We didn't dispute it, as we assumed they were correct. As a result we got NO tax credits(child tax credits) for the year as they said this is how they would recover payment. I now have a letter saying they overpaid us for the year ending April 2011. Is this correct? Do we owe them more?
To repay over 12 months would be over £80 a month that we just don't have. Just as we had literally gotten on our feet too.
I will of course need to phone them, but the fact that we literally "paid" them over 2000k last year by not taking tax credits, leaves me thinking this must be a mistake. They agreed to not pay us tax credits and take that money as payment instead. .....not sure what I am asking, just wondered if anyone has been in a similar situation. Can they be wrong??