i am currently paying back an over payment of housing and council tax benefit, can i putthis down as a debt? it is for a previous property with a different housing authority to where i live now so payments can not be taken from my current housing/council tax benefit.
It is only fraudulently claimed if you have admitted and signed to say so or if they have taken you to court to prove it. If they have just asked you to repay it without an acknowledgement of guilt then it is not proven to be fraudulently claimed
just to add, for most small amounts of a couple of thousand or less they usually dont bother proving fraud, it is only usually in large cases that they do
Hoe was it found out? I think if you corrected the error then it can't be classed as fraud but if someone shopped you & you were interviewed etc it probably would be.
dwp informed the housing office, we hav not had interview with housing only leters saying we had overpayments and to fil in income/expenditure forms and a liability order. any advice would be appreciated as am scared as a mum of 4 have been trying to do my best but its not worked :(
i am currently paying back an over payment
Posted - 12 September 2009 : 15:11:33
