i have no idea of the 54 pounds , my last job before this was 16 hours and if you do 16 hours x 5 pounds its 80 pounds i am assuming that i was paid about 5 pounds back then, so it still does not make sense. the 54 pounds sounds like my income of avon as this was likely the kind of payment for dropping off catalouges and the income isnt great. what do you think? i am confused too

i meant income for the 2 year was 9k

my tax credit are fine it was done correctly, .... i have a problem with council they said they over paid me housing benefit and council tax in the two years i was over paid £6k our joint income for the year was 9k!! put in mind that out going costs has not yet been taken off that! they said itis because we did not declare our income, they apparently had us as 0 income!! i dont know how this happened it was not something i would have hidden from them its not a great amount! i have gained nothing financially to be honest i would have probably been better off not being self employed and claim JSA i would not have been in this mess of over payment of 6k !! i really have no idea how an earth this happened! inland revenue has got us on their system as self employed and in the letter from the council they know about tax credit because there was an amount there written on the form they sent me yet they say i failed to tell them we work! so how do we get working tax credit if we were not working! i reckon they made a mistake somewhere here x

Hi guys just to update you...i have turned the house upside down,,,and i may have some solid information that i did indeed been in the council to do a change of circumstances.. i have now found two old letters from the council it was sent thesame year but two different dates one was in november back in 2009 it says HOUSING BENEFIT /COUNCIL TAX, it reads, Your housing benefit has been revised/superseded because of a change in circumstances The assessment results as detailed below weekly housing benefit £109 the other was dated back in july 2009 exactly thesame format but weekly housing benefit awarded £92.00 NOW IS THIS AN EVIDENCE OF A CHANGE IN CIRCUMSTANCES? Does this mean that i have been in the council to inform them? if they said i have not informed them how did this letter come about? remember i am going to court because i have not told them of a change of circumstances of the fact that we did avon ( they said they did not have avon on their system) and we failed to notify them that is why the over payment has been aplied totalling of nearly £6000 in total/ they are taking me to court on the basis of DISHONESTLY because i have not informed them of our change circumstances. are these two letters that i found a good solid evidence . Im sure this letter has been sent to me because of a change of circumstance was made! please help! both of the letters have thesame reference number as well.

i have only been informed with over payment after the IUC which was about 5 months ago, the letter from council regarding income was dated 2009 . when we left avon, i had had a different job since then but we still get help with housing benefit not much but still a great help. Also despite all the IUC and court letter my benefit has not stopped. it is still being paid (i am now getting the right amount of council/housing benefit) i hope i make sense sorry guys , just ask me any questions and i will answer them all xx

thank you everyone who has commented and giving me some useful advice and information, thank you all for your time you spent typing up these things and helping me. my court date is july 4th .

the only things is , we use to spend about 20 or more on petrol every week. we didnt dop the normal catalouge droppoing of 50, we did loads like 500 drops and pick them up. we wanted to earn more than 50 per week, but obviously this was not the case as petrol costs etc. I have not gained financially in this matter! i would have been better off with jsa lol and then there would not have been any over payment, this is to me no intent of dishonest and being a fraud , i have gained nothing and non of this was done with any intent .

thank you all for your info i really appreciate this! Mikey - i just want to know the 52.29 figure of earned income, where is this figure from? please explain it clear to me sorry i am a little confuse? i was thiking the 52.29 is because i have indeed told them that we did avon, or is this fugure from tax credit? sorry hope you can help me

SORRY THERE WAS ERROR - THIS IS THE RIGHT ONE I am confused the earned Income calculation of £52.29 where did this come from ? is this what we earnt from avon? i hope someone could help me out explain this

I have found an old letter from the council dating back 2009 it says Income (net of Tax, N.I. and half of any pension contributions) Earned Income £52.29 Child Benefit £ 20.00 Tax Credit £ 142.08 Couples Earnings disregard £ - 10 Tax Credit Earning Disregard Top-Up Amount £ - 16.00 I am confused the earned Income calculation of 352.29 where did this come from ? is this what we earnt from avon? i hope someone could help me out explain this thank you

Hi , we only ever did avon, and we earned 4500 and another 4500 total to 9000, this is the only work we have ever done. This is something i would never do on purpose we have always been straight with council and inland revenue when it comes to this things. The only problem, is when i went to IUC whn the interview finished the interviewer never made me think that i will go to court, we agreed on a figure on what i can pay and i pay the every week. now 5 months or so they wrote me a letter that i have to go court, if i know this i would have done things slightly different like sort bills out, show a proof of ougtoings although this might be difficult as it was a while ago. im not being funny but as you know with self employed even if we earnt 4500, there would have been stuff comming out, like petrol i use to drive everywhere and i mean everywehere collecting and dropping off orders! i also had bills as i used these to call customers if they were or not. so even if we did earn 4500 that was not all profit as you know with self employed work there should have been other costs to try to take that figures down. yes we informed inland revenue when we started work, but the council did not find anything in their system. its really silly if only they would have rang inland revenue as they can see i would have been getting working tax credit this could have been sorted out , but i know its not their duty to do that as they dont have to ring up inland revenue. this was all purely an innocent mistake.

I just wrote a simple and clear letter of what has happened fingers cross!

sorry doesnt the MP work along side the council? is this a good idea to write to him? i just want to make sure i am doing the right thing.

i am sending my MP a letter asap!! thank you

great info shabbashaz thank you thank you