Welfare Tax Credits
(asked on 27th January 2015) - View Source
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many tax credit recipients have received an administrative penalty relating to overpayments in each of the past four years.
This question was answered on 10th February 2015
The following table outlines the number of tax credit claims that have been subject to a penalty in each of the past four years.
Penalties applied in period | Tax credit claims subject to a civil penalty |
2013-14 | 15,182 |
2012-13 | 8,020 |
2011-12 | 2,769 |
2010-11 | 1,932 |