I have just received a whole load of paperwork from the OR office papers to sign etc. One of the papers is an authority to disclose info from inland rev about tax and tax credits nd from DWP re any benefits. Do they actually write to DWP or Tax Credits re entitlements etc or do they just take what you say.
I think they must send this out to everyone - I have never claimed benefits or tax credits but signed it and sent it back anyway. It may have something to do with the nil tax code that BR's have too. Lots of bedtime reading isn't there!