tax credits ..........................................is this unusual?

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I've had a letter asking for my child care contract, childcare bills, payslips, p60's and my DLA award letter

I've never had to send anything like this before (dc's are 8 and 4) - do they think i'm being fraudulent?

Maybe a random thing that they do from time to time - like when they select you for a tax inspection? Payslips though?? I don't actually keep all mine - once I see the money is in the bank account ok, I shred it.

I'd call the tax credit helpline and ask them about this. I've never been asked to provide this info, I have recieved a letter from them asking me to call them to review the details though. I wouldn't send off such personal information without checking this to be honest.

Yes, I called them about something once and they asked if i would mind doing a review on the phone, so I did. They never mentioned sending off any proof of anything I told them though, just took my word for it (and gave me some more money to boot ).

i've asked a couple of people and they've never been asked for it either - i can't get through to the helpline..................................i really hope they don't mess around with my award - we rely on that money A LOT

Its probably a random check by the compliance team.

Check the address is definately HMRC and if so send it pronto!

The compliance team get you to phone them up.

that's it the letter was from a woman on the compliance team in my local office which i thought was wierd as normally it's preston or glasgow isn't it?

Yes, the compliance office is somewhere random, no where near the tax credit address on the notices. I phoned them up and asked about the letter.