pension credit

[parcel]

Hi parcel, welcome to PF. I know nowt of this but I think I know somebody who will. Be patient mate.

Thanks Zoony

[parcel]

"You sound rather paranoid"

Thanks Phil, a lotta things have happened in the past so , yeh, I'm very concerned. I'm already having to pay back working tx credit given to me in 2006.                                                   

 So it's not without foundation.

Anyway, I have no C1X tax code notification, this is what the DWP has told me I was issued with.
I haven't worked since 2010, when I unofficially retired as we started claiming pension credit.       
 I officially retired last yr.                               
 Hence my concern.

[Phil]

"You sound rather paranoid"

Thanks Phil, a lotta things have happened in the past so , yeh, I'm very concerned. I'm already having to pay back working tx credit given to me in 2006.                                                   

So it's not without foundation.

Anyway, I have no C1X tax code notification, this is what the DWP has told me I was issued with.
I haven't worked since 2010, when I unofficially retired as we started claiming pension credit.       
 I officially retired last yr.                               
 Hence my concern.

Tax credits are paid on income at the start of the tax credit year & any changes aren't applied until  the end of the tax credit year when they will be reduced or removed which will result in any overpayment being recovered.

Did you actually see the C1X written down or was it just verbal?

[minniemouse]

It might well be that they do random checks and you were just chosen at random.  I know they do this with people who claim exemption from prescription charges.

[parcel]

"Did you actually see the C1X written down or was it just verbal?"                                                                        I saw it on their inquiry form. They thought it important enuff to mention it. They found out by doing a search. The person who flagged it up (from DWP) cannot  be contacted (another faceless wonder).
 Only his colleague. He said he is satisfied with the interview. I just don't know when it will flag up again.I have no proof as it's not on any  tax code info I have received from HRMC...

[Phil]

"Did you actually see the C1X written down or was it just verbal?"                                                                        I saw it on their inquiry form. They thought it important enuff to mention it. They found out by doing a search. The person who flagged it up (from DWP) cannot  be contacted (another faceless wonder).
 Only his colleague. He said he is satisfied with the interview. I just don't know when it will flag up again.I have no proof as it's not on any  tax code info I have received from HRMC...

There is no C1X tax code in the UK so you're never going to have an interview generated by HMRC on the basis of a non-existent tax code.

When you saw it on their enquiry form did it specifically say the C1X was a tax code?

[parcel]

"Did you actually see the C1X written down or was it just verbal?"
 No the investigator (his pal, who cant be questioned)  found the info, when he did a search. So I have no idea why or how he found it. As u rightly said said the code doesn't exist.
Perhaps he was trying to get me to admit something. The P.C. is only £50 a fortnite, but its something. We are entitled to it.
 He must have really thought he had found something to incriminate me, as that was implication, of his findings.
It wasn't said at the investigation just in passing.
 I had a similar experience when I flew in to a local airport many yrs ago, I got pulled over by customs, as my luggage was throughly searched and I was delayed for some time. The guy was totally convinced I was bringing something in, without declaring it!
 He told me (after) we were all going back to the city on the same transport!

[Phil]

"Did you actually see the C1X written down or was it just verbal?"
 No the investigator (his pal, who cant be questioned)  found the info, when he did a search. So I have no idea why or how he found it. As u rightly said said the code doesn't exist.
Perhaps he was trying to get me to admit something. The P.C. is only £50 a fortnite, but its something. We are entitled to it.
 He must have really thought he had found something to incriminate me, as that was implication, of his findings.
It wasn't said at the investigation just in passing.
 I had a similar experience when I flew in to a local airport many yrs ago, I got pulled over by customs, as my luggage was throughly searched and I was delayed for some time. The guy was totally convinced I was bringing something in, without declaring it!
 He told me (after) we were all going back to the city on the same transport!

Right.

There is a USA tax code of CX1 which is in the State of Virginia & which is a monthly tax similar to our VAT & is called the CX1 – Cotton Assessment Tax Return.

If the guy was Googling tax codes he may have seen this site in the listings & not realised it was a USA taxation site & copied it down wrongly as C1X.

I know it's a long shot but I can't think of any other explanation.

I had a full-blown tax investigation some years ago, which I passed, because I'd correctly declared my VAT rebates as other income & HMRC had not realised.

Also I was stopped by the police on a regular basis when I was using my van for overnight courier work.

Did I mind?

Not in the least.

[crabbyob]

there is lots of info on Pension Credit here, lots of problems and how to solve them and some brusque replies too... pensioners dont need Brusque... we should be helping rather than admonishing their lack of 'know-how' now i am absolute rubbish at the form filling... in the bad old days when we had to fill in a tax form every year or so, i used to take mine into the tax office and ask for a private interview, at which i would confess that i wasnt too good at reading and writing, at which point they the 'tax officers' would fill my form for me... so when i heard about pension credit, i went into the age concern shop and a wonderful lady sorted it for me... most of us had jobs that didnt involve paper work, but some did, is it beyond reason that the strong might help the weak?
i no longer get pension credit, someone told me that as i had Vibration White Finger i might be entitled to another payment from the social, i used one of those no win no fee companies and now get about fifty odd quid a week, so now dont need the pension credit, i'm sorry i cant remember what the payment is called, when i do i will repost...

[Phil]

there is lots of info on Pension Credit here, lots of problems and how to solve them and some brusque replies too... pensioners dont need Brusque... we should be helping rather than admonishing their lack of 'know-how' now i am absolute rubbish at the form filling... in the bad old days when we had to fill in a tax form every year or so, i used to take mine into the tax office and ask for a private interview, at which i would confess that i wasnt too good at reading and writing, at which point they the 'tax officers' would fill my form for me... so when i heard about pension credit, i went into the age concern shop and a wonderful lady sorted it for me... most of us had jobs that didnt involve paper work, but some did, is it beyond reason that the strong might help the weak?
i no longer get pension credit, someone told me that as i had Vibration White Finger i might be entitled to another payment from the social, i used one of those no win no fee companies and now get about fifty odd quid a week, so now dont need the pension credit, i'm sorry i cant remember what the payment is called, when i do i will repost...

My posts were nothing whatsoever to do with the OP's ability to complete forms.

I was trying to answer the reason why a check was being made on their Pension Credit & clear up what was an obvious mistake on the tax code issue!!!

 

[crabbyob]

did i name you Phill?
or do you recognise your style?
just consider that its someones granddad your talking to
your input is without doubt very helpful, thank you

[Phil]

did i name you Phill?
or do you recognise your style?
just consider that its someones granddad your talking to
your input is without doubt very helpful, thank you

Since I was the only poster addressing the problem & suggesting what had happened, it would be difficult to think otherwise.

Unless, of course you considered zoony's post of "Hi parcel, welcome to PF. I know nowt of this but I think I know somebody who will. Be patient mate." to be brusque.

[crabbyob]

further to my post about pension credit..
the supplement i get is Industrial Injuries Benefit
which is a lot more than my pension credit was...
now i dont really feel ill, tho i have several things wrong as do we all, but if you can link your ailment with your previous employment then you can apply, or rather get a team of specialists to apply for you... even rheumatics can be linked to your previous work...
the team i used was  BCP Legal & Advisory Services...Braunts Street...Mansfield....NG18 iAX
i'm sorry i cant find their phone number but it wouldnt be difficult to find, give them a call they are very nice, and well worth a phone call... good luck

[parcel]

Well, once I produced the info on my pay slips. I was told there would be no further investigation.

However as a result of incorrect info written in a statement and signed by my naive wife, with the wrong date in June.
This opened up a can of worms again.

 This time they were "determined" to prove fraud at all costs!
I had to get a transcript of what she had signed for. It took my contacting the agency I worked for (in 2007/2008) along with 2 personal letters from the payroll dept,  delivered personally to the Supervisor of the Fraud dept.
 Before they finally acknowledged "the statement" was incorrect!

 Paranoid, yeh too rite I am!
 If I hadn't have taken action, they would have suspended my pension credit, contacted the council (who pay our rent) and I would have a possible fraud case hanging over me!

[Phil]

Well, once I produced the info on my pay slips. I was told there would be no further investigation.

However as a result of incorrect info written in a statement and signed by my naive wife, with the wrong date in June.
This opened up a can of worms again.

 This time they were "determined" to prove fraud at all costs!
I had to get a transcript of what she had signed for. It took my contacting the agency I worked for (in 2007/2008) along with 2 personal letters from the payroll dept,  delivered personally to the Supervisor of the Fraud dept.
 Before they finally acknowledged "the statement" was incorrect!

 Paranoid, yeh too rite I am!
 If I hadn't have taken action, they would have suspended my pension credit, contacted the council (who pay our rent) and I would have a possible fraud case hanging over me!

Well I find that it aways helps if the correct information is entered on official forms.

Of course it's the fault of the DWP mind reading section for not realising that your wife had completed the form incorrectly.