Petitions/Review Tax Credit Overpayment system
StatusClosed
Opened28 Nov 2024
Closes28 May 2025
Government response
Parliamentary debateNot eligible
Milestones

Tax Credit Overpayments may be claimed many years even decades after the tax credits were paid. The HMRC can take money away from benefit payments. We think this needs to be reviewed by an impartial party.

When applying for tax credits, claimants have to send the government relevant information. Every year this is reviewed and updated. Years, even decades later, money can be taken out of benefits, which is being claimed is for alleged overpayments. We want a review to look at how to give vulnerable claimants a way out of this overpayment system.

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Constituency engagement ranking

Sean Woodcock
1Sean Woodcock MP
Banbury
1
Nesil Caliskan
2Nesil Caliskan MP
Barking
1
Marie Goldman
3Marie Goldman MP
Chelmsford
1
Sir Christopher Chope
4Sir Christopher Chope MP
Christchurch
1
Justin Madders
5Justin Madders MP
Ellesmere Port and Bromborough
1
Dr Lauren Sullivan
6Dr Lauren Sullivan MP
Gravesham
1
John Milne
7John Milne MP
Horsham
1
Jack Abbott
8Jack Abbott MP
Ipswich
1
Joe Powell
9Joe Powell MP
Kensington and Bayswater
1
Greg Smith
10Greg Smith MP
Mid Buckinghamshire
1
Review Tax Credit Overpayment system — Petitions