[jaxie]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Thanks Jaxie I found it it in the end, I wonder if this technique would work with underpaid tax, it's your job Mr Taxman to check the figures I'm not paying

I think the problem is that some people don't understand what they are entitled to or the information is there but complicated.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by jaxie

I think the problem is that some people don't understand what they are entitled to or the information is there but complicated.

Agreed every year after the budget I get a letter to say child benefit is increasing by 30p, and the waste really irks me but why can't they do that with other benefits? They have a register of families with disabled children, use it...

[user104658]

Technically its up to the claimant to declare the disability on their original form, or to notify of a change of circumstances if the entitlement changes after they are already in receipt, however...

Originally Posted by jaxie

I think the problem is that some people don't understand what they are entitled to or the information is there but complicated.

As I've said in other threads, this is very much the case. It's all very well to say that claimants should " check that the payments are correct" but it's not made easy (in my opinion, deliberately) for a layperson to understand what they should and shouldn't be getting in tax credits - or how to claim it.

"Universal Credit" was supposed to simplify a lot of this process but so far it's been nothing but a farce and an absolutely horrendous waste of resources.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier;[B

9074074]Technically its up to the claimant to declare the disability on their original form, or to notify of a change of circumstances if the entitlement changes after they are already in receipt, however... [/B]



As I've said in other threads, this is very much the case. It's all very well to say that claimants should " check that the payments are correct" but it's not made easy (in my opinion, deliberately) for a layperson to understand what they should and shouldn't be getting in tax credits - or how to claim it.

"Universal Credit" was supposed to simplify a lot of this process but so far it's been nothing but a farce and an absolutely horrendous waste of resources.

This wasn't the case here, the DWP had the correct information, they failed to pass it on to HMRC, so how they can twist that to be the claimants fault is inexplicable

[kirklancaster]

It's the same with most 'Official' and 'Quasi Official' Organisations - if they underclaim from you, then they can go back to the year dot to reclaim what you underpaid, but you can only go back so far when they have underpaid or scammed you. It is a fecking DISGRACE.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Cherie

This wasn't the case here, the DWP had the correct information, they failed to pass it on to HMRC, so how they can twist that to be the claimants fault is inexplicable

The various organisations don't communicate well between each other; the same goes for housing allowance, they go by the information given / "proof" provided by the claimant. It's part of why Universal Credit was conceived, to unify all or most benefits under one claim rather than 3 or 4 separate claims, which is a mess. But Universal Credit is... Also a mess.