A Third Of Tax Credit Payments Are For The Wrong Amount
Almost a third of tax credit payments have been for the wrong amount, figures obtained by the Liberal Democrats have revealed. More than 2m families have been repeatedly overpaid in the 5 years since tax credits were introduced, answers to Parliamentary Questions show. The number of families repeatedly underpaid was up 42% to almost 1m over the same period. A staggering 50,000 families have been taken to court in pursuit of overpayments in the last three years.
6 Apr 2010
