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If they do not change it or you still think it’s wrong
12
Tax credits: appeals and complaints
36
2,202
2,256
12-37
You can ask for the decision to be reconsidered by filling in a WTC/AP form. This process is called ‘mandatory reconsideration’. You can fill in the form online or print it and send it to HMRC.
12
Tax credits: appeals and complaints
37
2,257
2,450
12-38
You need to do this within 30 days of getting your award notice unless there are exceptional circumstances, for example you were in hospital.
12
Tax credits: appeals and complaints
38
2,451
2,592
12-39
If you disagree with the result
12
Tax credits: appeals and complaints
39
2,593
2,624
12-40
If you’re in England, Scotland or Wales you can appeal to the Social Security and Child Support Tribunal.
12
Tax credits: appeals and complaints
40
2,625
2,730
12-41
If you’re in Northern Ireland appeal to the Appeals Service Northern Ireland.
12
Tax credits: appeals and complaints
41
2,731
2,808
12-42
Complain about tax credits
12
Tax credits: appeals and complaints
42
2,809
2,835
12-43
You can complain about things like unreasonable delays or the way you’ve been treated.
12
Tax credits: appeals and complaints
43
2,836
2,922
12-44
There’s a different process if you think your tax credits are wrong or you want to dispute a tax credits overpayment.
12
Tax credits: appeals and complaints
44
2,923
3,040
12-45
How to complain
12
Tax credits: appeals and complaints
45
3,041
3,056
12-46
You can:
12
Tax credits: appeals and complaints
46
3,057
3,065
12-47
complain online
12
Tax credits: appeals and complaints
47
3,066
3,081
12-48
call or write (telephone complaints are usually dealt with faster)
12
Tax credits: appeals and complaints
48
3,082
3,148
12-49
To complain online, you need a Government Gateway user ID and password. If you do not have a user ID, you can create one when you complain.
12
Tax credits: appeals and complaints
49
3,149
3,288
12-50
You can call or write to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). If you write, include:
12
Tax credits: appeals and complaints
50
3,289
3,367
12-51
your National Insurance number
12
Tax credits: appeals and complaints
51
3,368
3,398
12-52
your full name, address and telephone number
12
Tax credits: appeals and complaints
52
3,399
3,443
12-53
details of what happened and when
12
Tax credits: appeals and complaints
53
3,444
3,477
12-54
how you’d like your complaint settled
12
Tax credits: appeals and complaints
54
3,478
3,515
12-55
the word ‘Complaint’ at the top of your letter
12
Tax credits: appeals and complaints
55
3,516
3,562
12-56
If you do not agree with the response
12
Tax credits: appeals and complaints
56
3,563
3,600
12-57
Ask HMRC to review their response and send you a final decision.
12
Tax credits: appeals and complaints
57
3,601
3,665
12-58
If you’re unhappy with the final decision, you can contact the Independent Adjudicator.
12
Tax credits: appeals and complaints
58
3,666
3,753
12-59
You may be able to claim costs (for example for postage or phone calls) if HMRC admits they made a mistake. Ask them for details.
12
Tax credits: appeals and complaints
59
3,754
3,883
13-0
Overview
13
Benefit overpayments
0
0
8
13-1
Tell the office dealing with your benefit straight away if:
13
Benefit overpayments
1
9
68
13-2
you think you’re being overpaid
13
Benefit overpayments
2
69
100
13-3
your circumstances change
13
Benefit overpayments
3
101
126
13-4
You may have to pay back the benefit if you’ve been overpaid.
13
Benefit overpayments
4
127
188
13-5
There’s a different process for tax credits overpayment.
13
Benefit overpayments
5
189
245
13-6
You may be prosecuted for benefit fraud or have to pay a penalty if you do not tell benefit providers about overpayments.
13
Benefit overpayments
6
246
367
13-7
This guide is also available in Welsh (Cymraeg).
13
Benefit overpayments
7
368
416
13-8
If you’ve been overpaid Universal Credit
13
Benefit overpayments
8
417
457
13-9
You can report an overpayment by signing into your Universal Credit account or calling the Universal Credit helpline.
13
Benefit overpayments
9
458
575
13-10
When the benefit office will contact you
13
Benefit overpayments
10
576
616
13-11
You’ll get a letter to let you know that you’ve been overpaid.
13
Benefit overpayments
11
617
679
13-12
If you think it’s a mistake you can ask for mandatory reconsideration within one month of receiving the letter.
13
Benefit overpayments
12
680
791
13-13
Housing Benefit paid directly to your landlord
13
Benefit overpayments
13
792
838
13-14
Your landlord may be asked to repay the money if they’re responsible for an overpayment. You may have to repay if it was your fault.
13
Benefit overpayments
14
839
971
13-15
When repayments have to be made
13
Benefit overpayments
15
972
1,003
13-16
You may have to pay the money back if you’ve been overpaid. For example, if:
13
Benefit overpayments
16
1,004
1,080
13-17
the information you gave was wrong
13
Benefit overpayments
17
1,081
1,115
13-18
you did not report a change in your circumstances straight away
13
Benefit overpayments
18
1,116
1,179
13-19
you gave the wrong information when you reported a change of circumstances
13
Benefit overpayments
19
1,180
1,254
13-20
a mistake was made with your payment
13
Benefit overpayments
20
1,255
1,291
13-21
Find out how to make repayments.
13
Benefit overpayments
21
1,292
1,324
13-22
There’s a different system if the person overpaid has died.
13
Benefit overpayments
22
1,325
1,384
13-23
Repayments when someone has died
13
Benefit overpayments
23
1,385
1,417
13-24
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) can recover benefit overpayments from a person’s estate.
13
Benefit overpayments
24
1,418
1,517
13-25
An overpayment could have happened because, for example, the person who died:
13
Benefit overpayments
25
1,518
1,595
13-26
had more savings than they declared in their benefit claim
13
Benefit overpayments
26
1,596
1,654
13-27
had not declared an income
13
Benefit overpayments
27
1,655
1,681
13-28
was in hospital or a nursing home and had not told DWP
13
Benefit overpayments
28
1,682
1,736
13-29
If you’re dealing with the estate, DWP will write to you once probate has been granted to ask for the information they need.
13
Benefit overpayments
29
1,737
1,861
13-30
You should not distribute the estate until you know what needs to be repaid. If you do, you may have to pay back the money yourself.
13
Benefit overpayments
30
1,862
1,994
13-31
What you need to do
13
Benefit overpayments
31
1,995
2,014
13-32
You’ll be asked to provide information to help work out if anything needs to be repaid.
13
Benefit overpayments
32
2,015
2,102
13-33
You may need bank statements, building society passbooks or other information about the dead person’s assets.
13
Benefit overpayments
33
2,103
2,212
13-34
If you do not provide the information asked for, the overpayment will be calculated based on the probate figure before any deductions (that is, the whole estate).
13
Benefit overpayments
34
2,213
2,375
13-35
If there has been an overpayment
13
Benefit overpayments
35
2,376
2,408
13-36
DWP will write to you asking for the money back from the estate. They will tell you how any overpayment has been worked out and explain why it happened. They will also tell you how to pay.
13
Benefit overpayments
36
2,409
2,597
13-37
If you need to discuss your payment, or setting up a repayment plan, call DWP’s Debt Management Recovery from Estates. The number is on the letter.
13
Benefit overpayments
37
2,598
2,745
13-38
You can also write to them:
13
Benefit overpayments
38
2,746
2,773
13-39
If you’re in England and Wales
13
Benefit overpayments
39
2,774
2,804
13-40
If you’re in Scotland
13
Benefit overpayments
40
2,805
2,826
13-41
If you’re in Northern Ireland, contact the Department for Communities Debt Management service.
13
Benefit overpayments
41
2,827
2,921
13-42
If you disagree with the overpayment decision
13
Benefit overpayments
42
2,922
2,967
13-43
If you disagree with the overpayment decision, you can ask for the decision to be looked at again - this is called a ‘mandatory reconsideration’.
13
Benefit overpayments
43
2,968
3,113
13-44
You can do this if you:
13
Benefit overpayments
44
3,114
3,137
13-45
think DWP made an error or missed important evidence
13
Benefit overpayments
45
3,138
3,190
13-46
disagree with the reasons for the decision
13
Benefit overpayments
46
3,191
3,233
13-47
want to have the decision looked at again
13
Benefit overpayments
47
3,234
3,275
13-48
Payments made after death
13
Benefit overpayments
48
3,276
3,301
13-49
If the overpayment happened because the payment arrived before DWP were told about the death, DWP Debt Management will contact:
13
Benefit overpayments
49
3,302
3,429
13-50
the deceased’s next of kin
13
Benefit overpayments
50
3,430
3,456
13-51
the bank the benefit was paid in to
13
Benefit overpayments
51
3,457
3,492
13-52
whoever is handling the estate
13
Benefit overpayments
52
3,493
3,523
13-53
How to make a repayment
13
Benefit overpayments
53
3,524
3,547
13-54
How you pay back the overpayment depends on:
13
Benefit overpayments
54
3,548
3,592
13-55
whether you’re making repayments for the first time or restarting them
13
Benefit overpayments
55
3,593
3,663
13-56
whether you still receive benefits
13
Benefit overpayments
56
3,664
3,698
13-57
Start making repayments if you’re still receiving benefits
13
Benefit overpayments
57
3,699
3,757
13-58
If you’re still receiving benefits, the regular amount you get will be reduced until you’ve paid back the money.
13
Benefit overpayments
58
3,758
3,870
13-59
Contact the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Debt Management contact centre if you think too much has been taken for a repayment.
13
Benefit overpayments
59
3,871
4,006
13-60
If you’re in Northern Ireland, contact the Department for Communities Debt Management service.
13
Benefit overpayments
60
4,007
4,101
13-61
Start making repayments if you no longer receive benefits
13
Benefit overpayments
61
4,102
4,159
13-62
If you no longer receive benefits, you need to pay back the overpayment to DWP Debt Management. You’ll get a letter telling you how much you need to repay.
13
Benefit overpayments
62
4,160
4,315
13-63
If you cannot pay the debt in full, contact DWP Debt Management to arrange a payment plan.
13
Benefit overpayments
63
4,316
4,406
13-64
If you’re in Northern Ireland, contact the Department for Communities Debt Management service.
13
Benefit overpayments
64
4,407
4,501
13-65
Online banking
13
Benefit overpayments
65
4,502
4,516
13-66
Use DWP’s bank account details to pay, quoting the reference number shown on your letter or your National Insurance number.
13
Benefit overpayments
66
4,517
4,640
13-67
Account name | Sort code | Account number
13
Benefit overpayments
67
4,641
4,682
13-68
DWP Debt Management | 60 70 80 | 10025634
13
Benefit overpayments
68
4,683
4,724
13-69
Overseas accounts
13
Benefit overpayments
69
4,725
4,742
13-70
Use the following details if you’re paying from an overseas account.
13
Benefit overpayments
70
4,743
4,811
13-71
Account name | IBAN | BIC
13
Benefit overpayments
71
4,812
4,837
13-72
DWP Debt Management | GB30NWBK60708010025634 | NWBKGB2L
13
Benefit overpayments
72
4,838
4,893
13-73
Direct Debit, card, cheques and cash
13
Benefit overpayments
73
4,894
4,930
13-74
Contact the DWP Debt Management contact centre to:
13
Benefit overpayments
74
4,931
4,981
13-75
set up monthly repayments by Direct Debit
13
Benefit overpayments
75
4,982
5,023