From:  "x.x@ntlworld.com" 
Newsgroups: uk.finance uk.legal
Subject: Re: Tax credits overpayment demand
Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2007 10:30:35 -0700
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On 4 Oct, 12:46, zkat  wrote:
> I've had a letter from HMRC saying I need to pay back Tax Credit
> payments they made to me for YE 2004. The amount is nearly 6k. No
> reason has been specified, it's one of those computer-generated form
> letters (actually what I've had is a letter saying they've demanded
> payment and I haven't done anything about it, when I've not had any
> such demand - but that's a different story).
>
> If it emerges that I must pay it back, the period (from their website)
> they seem to allow the repayment over is 12 months - that's around 500/
> month! Is there any chance that I will be allowed to pay back smaller
> monthly amounts?
> What grounds exist for disputing such a demand? I'm really not sure
> why I'm being asked to pay them back. (In their telephone queue as I
> type this.) For example, is there any limitation on how far back the
> Revenue can go to re-claim purported overpayments?
>
> It's a substantial sum of money, so any helpful advice would be most
> welcome.
>
> TIA
> Zippy

I don`t think there is a time limit on collecting overpayments if the
award is correct.