retired_hinchmaa

Had some bad news today. It seems me and my partner were overclaiming for a while.

A mistake has been made at the tax office, their mistake i might add, and now our Childcare payments have gone from £600 to £77 in one swoop! They didn't take into account both our wages!!! Even though we phoned and confirmed this with them

Can they do this? £500 is alot of money to suddenly make up every month.

retired_sahin

are they going to ask for all the extra money you had back?

retired_dogs2son1

Yeah they can do this. Been many a call about this from parents at my work lately

retired_jshendel

They can do what they want.

My dad recently got a tax bill for £700 as they thought he hadnt been paying the right tax. Luckily he knows alot about that sort of stuff and knew they were in the wrong. Sent a letter off and it was sorted. But even tho it would have been their mistake they still would have wanted the money

retired_heidus17

anyone know who i need to contact to claim back tax from last financial year??

retired_noddy

assuming you are a PAYE employee, contact your local tax office.

retired_hinchmaa

Yeah. Until May. Then it'll go up to £310. Might try and ask if we can pay it back over a longer period of time.

retired_jshendel

If its their fault they should come to some repayment plan that suits both parties

michaelwoodcock

Happens every year to thousands of parents, overpayments are becoming shockingly common.

retired_heidus17

i tried before, but i got stuck in queues for ages. dont suppose you know what form it is i need?