Hi, I hope this is the correct place to post. I will try to explain as easy as possible.
In June 2011 I finished my term time only job as I was pregnant, I had not been working long enough to claim any sort of maternity pay/allowance so it was agreed with my employer that my husband would cover my maternity leave. This happened from September 2011 to September 2012 when I returned to work.
We switched working tax credit over to his name within the time frame etc and everything was fine. But, our employer had failed to change any of theor details over and still had me on their payroll. So all pay slips were in my name and payments are paid to a joint account.
Fast forward to yesterday and we receive a letter from DWP saying my husband was being investigated for benefit fraud. I called them and they were unable to give me or my husband any information over the phone and said we would have to wait for the interview on March 1st.
How are we supposed to prove that he didninface work for 12 months and didn't just claim working tax? The guy we worked with has said he will sign a statement saying my husband worked and I know some of our clients will do the same. I have contact our employer to ask for something in writing to say he did work but have had no reply and in all honesty I don't think they will do it as then they may get into trouble?
We are very very worried, very scared and have no idea what to do.
In June 2011 I finished my term time only job as I was pregnant, I had not been working long enough to claim any sort of maternity pay/allowance so it was agreed with my employer that my husband would cover my maternity leave. This happened from September 2011 to September 2012 when I returned to work.
We switched working tax credit over to his name within the time frame etc and everything was fine. But, our employer had failed to change any of theor details over and still had me on their payroll. So all pay slips were in my name and payments are paid to a joint account.
Fast forward to yesterday and we receive a letter from DWP saying my husband was being investigated for benefit fraud. I called them and they were unable to give me or my husband any information over the phone and said we would have to wait for the interview on March 1st.
How are we supposed to prove that he didninface work for 12 months and didn't just claim working tax? The guy we worked with has said he will sign a statement saying my husband worked and I know some of our clients will do the same. I have contact our employer to ask for something in writing to say he did work but have had no reply and in all honesty I don't think they will do it as then they may get into trouble?
We are very very worried, very scared and have no idea what to do.