From: "DT" 
Newsgroups: uk.finance uk.legal
Subject: Re: Tax credits overpayment demand
Date: Sat, 06 Oct 2007 09:01:12 GMT
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>"Jethro"  wrote in message 
>news:1191591830.416471.120090@57g2000hsv.googlegroups.com...

>There was a big story on this a few months ago. HMRC had been found to
>be acting illegally (and against their *own* guidelines) in demanding
>overpayments due to their mistake be repaid.

>http://money.independent.co.uk/personal_finance/tax/article2944319.ece

>Up to a quarter of a million families forced to repay their tax
>credits are in line for a refund due to an error by HM Revenue &
>Customs (HMRC).

>HMRC broke the law by failing to write to claimants whom they
>suspected had been overpaid to tell them officially they were being
>investigated. The error affects overpayment cases going back to
>2003-04.

A very interesting article. Is there anywhere on the net where you can read 
HMRCs *own* guidelines on what they are to do to comply with the law/rules 
when an overpayment has been made and they want to recover it?

Dave