Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 20:45:58 +0100
From: Ian Cornish 
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Subject: Re: tax credits - IR want money returned

mogga wrote:
> On Mon, 22 May 2006 19:10:02 +0100, Ian Cornish 
> wrote:
> 
>> mogga wrote:
>>> On Sun, 21 May 2006 21:57:54 +0100, Ian Cornish 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> matt wrote:
>>>>> Does anyone know under what circumstances the tax credit people will be 
>>>>> lenient on getting over-payments back from punters?
>>>>>
>>>>> matt
>>>> Cases where you can show the "mistake" is down to them, or if it causes 
>>>> "significant hardship" (though this only defers repayment, and 
>>>> definition of "significant hardship" is undefined)
>>> But how do you prove they mistake is down to them? 
>> That is also very difficult, and it is down to keeping good records, and 
>> reading through the (tons of) details of the regulations. It does take a 
>> lot of effort.
> 
> Can you request they send you what info they've been told by yourself
> if you've not kept adequate records?
Possibly, under the Freedom of Information Act. But the burden of proof 
is on you to prove the information is correct (it is the tax man, after all)