tax credits!!!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by nutty tart

i get tax credits both child and working and I was underpaid last year by £900 not that I knew I was getting underpaid, so next few months getting an additional £300 so i love tax credits.

i get more in tax credits than i do in wages, which is probably just as well or me and kids would be starving while ex hubby goes gliding etc at weekends, living life to the full.

but on a high note divorce should be final in about 6 weeks woohoo

It could so easily be the other way round next year.....

Hi Kwak,

I'm in a similar situation as yourself. Filled in the forms as requested, the other month received a letter stating I owe them £450. This letter was followed by another claiming £267.
Apparantly they overpaid us £450 during the 2004 period and then overpaid us £267 again in 2005. Pretty shambolic if you ask me, surely if you've highlighted a family / person as being overpaid, there should be measures in place to not over pay them the following year.
I've asked them for a breakdown as to how they calculate these amounts. Been waiting now for some 3 months, despite regular phone calls.

One thing I know, they can have it back in dribs and drabs.

Cheers
T0mm0

i'm not very happy at all, i am waiting for a appeal form at the moment but am not holding my breath.

It's like insurance quotes; they just make it up as they go along.

[embee]

Tax Credits? What the **** does Tax Credits mean?

I'm one of the folks who just pay out, I have a few shares which when a dividend is paid, I get a "Tax Credit" note, which is a document which says how much tax I'm credited within having paid before I get the net dividend after tax.

That's what Tax Credit is. It's what I pay to the Government.

Who in hell decided that a "benefit" should be called a Tax Credit, like it's some sort of aknowledgement of generosity or financial obligation.

If it's a benefit, just call it a benefit for ***'s sake.



PS sorry , don't mean to offend anyone in a situation where you need benefit, but I just can't stand the poncy political correctness.

.....and as for the Government and the Benefit system and the CSA fiasco, couldn't organise a p***-up in a brewery, bunch of total losers. Incompetence top to bottom.

Phew, that's better

i paid my taxes ect for years too with nothing coming back so i know how you feel, but now i do get the tax credits it is a help < it paid for my bike! just wish they could sort it out right!

[timwilky]

Q. Why do people get tax credits

A. Because by taxing people it puts thier income below that required to maintain an acceptable standard of living. so give them some tax back.


To me this is totally wrong. Raise the tax thresholds to what is the acceptable minimum for all. I would suggest the starting point for any taxation should be £15,000 afterall they say students can't afford to repay their loans on a salary less than that. So how can anyone afford to pay tax on less than that.

and get rid of stupid bands. I pay tax at 40% on a portion of my income. Why because I earn more. Why should I pay a greater percentage to the revenue than the next guy. Every time I get an "inflation" rise 40% of that goes yet the next guy only pays 23% of his extra money to the revenue.

you will never win with the tax system, its just legalized robbery.