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Tax credit check letter

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Jellybeans24 · 14/01/2020 13:52

Hi I recently got a letter about my tax credits saying they are checking my claim and they want information from April 2019 to July 2019 Basically they have asked if me kids dad is living at my property and they named him on the letter he doesn’t live with me but sometimes sleeps over we had our 2nd child together last year we just don’t get on when we live together hence why we live apart

I pay all my bills etc so everything is in my name but he does get letters sent to my address as his mam opens his letters when they go to hers even thought she shouldn’t. But I’ve got all my proof that he doesn’t live he but I’m only worried because they have asked for bank statements but we always transfer each other money he does give me money for the kids but he isn’t the best with money so he gives me money to keep for him then I put it in my savers and transfer it back to him when he needs it.

Do I tell hmrc all this and will they understand or will they stop my tax credits?

OP posts:
alwayscrashinginthesamecar1 · 15/01/2020 05:35

Looks like benefit fraud to me.

Jellybeans2224 · 15/01/2020 10:37

Just thought I would update spoke to tax credits

Our finances arnt linked he doesn’t live at my address I explained about the transactions and they said it’s fine and they get that all the time. Nobody has reported because there is nothing to report. It was to do with recently having another child and that’s why they did the check.

The money he gives to me isn’t classed as a taxable income they are happy with everything I told them and once they receive my documents that I have to send in all will be fine they said.

So to everyone who said I’m a benefit fraud put that in your pipe and smoke it because I’m clearly doing nothing wrong
Have a nice day

bohemia14 · 15/01/2020 11:13

You may technically not be doing anything wrong but morally it's shameful.

flirtygirl · 15/01/2020 11:22

Yes I do think its perfectly acceptable as that's the current rules. It may also not be a lifestyle choice, it may just be the way things are and no I'm not bothered by people who are not breaking the law (just like those who smoke or drink and have medical treatment, ie a lifestyle choice.)

Some people' lives are like this and I'm not so intolerant to know that we all make different decisions in different or the same circumstances.

But sall74, you have a real chip on your shoulder re benefits as noticed by your comments on this and other threads.
Benefit fraud is so tiny and you would do well to read the stats about it, the government own stats.

Dontdisturbmenow · 15/01/2020 14:55

You clearly lied. You can't have told them what you have written here.

I wouldn't feel so reassured. The person you spoke to is unlikely to be a decision maker and until they indeed have all your information and review it, they can't tell you that all is fine.

onceinawhilex · 15/01/2020 15:40

@Jellybeans24 glad you have spoken to them and they have reassured you. A lot of people are in same position as you

Jellybeans2224 · 15/01/2020 15:41

It was the decision maker not just someone you speak to, on this letter you get a number with an extension number and you get straight through to speak to them

How could I of clearly lied? You don’t know me I told them my exact circumstances which is what I’ve wrote here. End of the day I’m not doing nothing wrong.

Jellybeans2224 · 15/01/2020 15:42

@onceinawhilex

Thank you, and that’s what they said on the phone that they get it all the time from people in similar situations to me x

Purpletigers · 15/01/2020 17:24

You’re in a relationship with the father of your children so he should be supporting them , you’re not a single parent . You ,and people who do the same thing , are the reason we now have UC .
Why the heck would you have another baby with a man you can’t even live with? Madness !
Tbh I don’t think this should be an option . If you don’t need any help then I don’t think you should claim , it can go to the genuine single parents .

Undecided91 · 15/01/2020 17:38

100% when you send your documents and details in writing they will make a decision THEN. They dont make decisions on the phone based on your false claims. I hope they do penalise you for benefit fraud. Ive seen it happen to a few people recently and they all well deserved it.

DesdemonaDryEyes · 15/01/2020 18:02

There’s something really wrong but I’m not sure what ...

Chattercino · 15/01/2020 18:07

Unbelievable.

flirtygirl · 15/01/2020 18:23

Since when did it become the law that you must live with the father of your children. Some people on here are deluded. If she doesn't want to live with him, why should she and if he pays maintenance then so be it. It's better to live apart then live together when you don't want to.

And so many are in the Utopia where men pay for their family but so many men do not and that's probably why the op is not with him full time and living with him full time. It better that he stays a boyfriend even if he is the father of the kids.

Some people on here don't live in the real world and that is not why UC was introduced. It was introduced to streamline benefits and to reduce the payment levels whilst being more punitive as the powers that be thought the benefit level was too generous. They would rather big business and millionaires pay less in tax.

NeedAnExpert · 15/01/2020 18:26

Some people on here don't live in the real world and that is not why UC was introduced.

The OP isn’t on UC.

Jellybeans2224 · 15/01/2020 18:40

So what about single people who are on good terms with there kids dads and get maintenance should they not be entitled to tax credits either?

I’m not doing anything wrong the person who is dealing with the claim even said so there selves it was just for proof he didn’t live there which he doesn’t. Like I’ve said all bills are in my name and come out of my bank we arnt financially linked in anyway what’s so ever.
Apart from when he gives me money for the kids which doesn’t come into anything to do with a tax credits claim BECAUSE ITS NOT TAXABLE INCOME.

I’m not worried in the slightest I have no need to be there is real people out there committing benefit fraud and I’m certainly not one of them I claim nothing else but tax credits , and the amount I get is probably how much tax I pay a month anyways.

Jellybeans2224 · 15/01/2020 18:50

Also I don’t think it is anyone’s business why I had another kid with him. Just because we arnt living together do you expect me to get an abortion ?

DesdemonaDryEyes · 15/01/2020 19:08

The fact that you can’t see anything wrong is really what is wrong.

BettyJean · 15/01/2020 19:19

Things will change with this government. It will stop being so easy to scam the tax payer.

WhoWants2Know · 15/01/2020 19:23

Actually, it's fine to live apart and receive maintenance payments from the kids dad.

However, they would usually be a regular amount paid in regular intervals.

Anything over and above that amount should be labelled as to it's purpose, ie school uniform, etc. (There is usually a memo section on bank transfer apps)

Unfortunately, you're in a position where you can't prove that he hasn't lived with you, because of the post and bank transactions. So you could be prosecuted for fraud.

Babyroobs · 15/01/2020 19:26

What a total pisstake ! There are way too many people doing this, they are everywhere. I hope the government really clamps down soon.

Jellybeans2224 · 15/01/2020 19:28

I can prove he doesn’t live here though he is registered on the electoral at his mums also all my important bills and my rent agreement he isn’t on. So I have lots of proof

And I can’t see that I’m doing anything wrong because I’m not.

Most of the transactions are on the the same day of each month apart from the money I send back to him that he gives me to keep for him

PurpleTigerLove · 15/01/2020 19:59

I was thinking more of contraception tbh .It works for everyone I know . I don’t want my taxes to pay for you to work 20 odd hours a week and still claim benefits while other people are working 40plus hours . Your children’s father should be paying for them . You may not be committing fraud but you are playing the system and you’re one of the reasons the system is falling apart .

PurpleTigerLove · 15/01/2020 20:00

One of our tenants is the only adult on her tenancy agreement . Her partner lives at his mums , except he doesn’t . Not really . They have three children together too .

Jellybeans2224 · 15/01/2020 20:02

I was on the pill actually. Not that it’s any of your business. And least I still work. Would it be better if I didn’t work at all?

And before my 2nd was born I was working full time I’ll have you know and once my 2nd is a bit bigger I’ll be going back to full time.

onceinawhilex · 15/01/2020 20:03

Stop giving op a hard time. Maybe she works 20 hours or whatever a week so she doesn't have to pay childcare, if she claimed childcare you would all be moaning at her for that. Sometimes life doesn't always go to plan and she is entitled to claim the little bit of tax credit that she does.
Anyway all that matters is that tax credits stay that everything is okay so everyone else's opinion really doesn't matter.

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