Written question asked by Steve Webb (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 19 February 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 23 February 2010. It was answered by Stephen Timms (Labour) on Thursday, 25 March 2010 on behalf of the Treasury.
Welfare Tax Credits: Overpayments
- Question
- To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the monetary value was of tax credits overpayments written off in (a) 2005-06, (b) 2006-07, (c) 2007-08 and (d) 2008-09 as a result of (i) official and (ii) claimant error; and if he will make a statement.
- Answer
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HM Revenue and Customs' (HMRC) Code of Practice 26 'What happens if we've paid you too much tax credit?' explains its approach to tax credits overpayments and the circumstances in which customers may not have to pay them back. It is available at:"http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/leaflets/cop26.pdf"(i) Information about the value of disputed tax credits overpayments written off in each year from 2005-06 to 2008-09 is in the table:
Value of disputed written overpayments written off (£000) 2005-06 180,016 2006-07 9,042 2007-08 7,276 2008-09 28,242 (ii) HMRC does not record the value of overpayments written off as a result of claimant error.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 508 c506W; 318388
- Session
- 2009-10
- Subjects
- Overpayments Welfare tax credits
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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