I need some advice,
Basically, I moved to California in August 2012.
I notified tax credits the day I left my job as that is when my circumstances changed. I explained to the man that I was leaving for America. He asked how long I would be here for and I told him I was unsure. When asked if it would be more than a year, I told him yes.
He said they would continue for a few weeks and they would re-calculate and send through a new award.
Fast forward a while, and they were still paying £108 into my account every week. I only have a mobile here which doesn't allow me to make international calls, and as there is no other way to contact them its really hard for me to ring them up.
When I found a way of ringing them, I explained the situation again, that I was no longer in the UK yet they were still paying me money. The guy on the phone said that it was all in the notes on my account and that I was probably in a back log and all was fine.
Fast forward to now, I still get the money paid to me. I don't want it, I don't need it, and I am worried sick that I am going to get into trouble for letting them pay me the money (even though I have told them about it)
I know that I will probably have to pay some of it back, which is fine. I still have most of it anyway. But I'm really worried I will get fined or something.
Can anyone help?
Basically, I moved to California in August 2012.
I notified tax credits the day I left my job as that is when my circumstances changed. I explained to the man that I was leaving for America. He asked how long I would be here for and I told him I was unsure. When asked if it would be more than a year, I told him yes.
He said they would continue for a few weeks and they would re-calculate and send through a new award.
Fast forward a while, and they were still paying £108 into my account every week. I only have a mobile here which doesn't allow me to make international calls, and as there is no other way to contact them its really hard for me to ring them up.
When I found a way of ringing them, I explained the situation again, that I was no longer in the UK yet they were still paying me money. The guy on the phone said that it was all in the notes on my account and that I was probably in a back log and all was fine.
Fast forward to now, I still get the money paid to me. I don't want it, I don't need it, and I am worried sick that I am going to get into trouble for letting them pay me the money (even though I have told them about it)
I know that I will probably have to pay some of it back, which is fine. I still have most of it anyway. But I'm really worried I will get fined or something.
Can anyone help?