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Tax Credits Act 2002

Tax Credits Act 2002

2002 CHAPTER 21

Commentary on Sections

Part 1: Tax Credits

Section 29: Recovery of overpayments

127.This section sets out the framework for recovering overpayments of tax credits. It provides that a notice must be given to the person who is liable to repay the overpayment, setting out the amount to be repaid and the manner in which it is to be repaid. The section provides for the Board to decide whether an overpayment is to be repaid by:

  • direct payment within 30 days (subsection (3));

  • reducing subsequent awards of tax credits made to the person who is liable to repay (subsection (4)); or

  • for PAYE taxpayers, treating the overpayment as an amount of tax due and payable which is to be recovered through PAYE as if it were an underpayment of tax for the previous tax year (subsection (5)).

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