She was working full time and received tax credits and working tax credits to help keep on top of her essential bills at the time. The mum said her tax credit payments were suspended and she was sent a £5,000 bill from HMRC. She was told her tax credits would be stopped due to her being ‘overpaid’ and was told to repay £5,000 in childcare costs despite never claiming this support from the government. “I was paying for my own childcare.”A HMRC investigation later discovered that their computers wrongly stated that her tax credits included childcare support. Have you been send a historic working tax credit bill?

Source: Daily Mirror April 26, 2021 14:35 UTC