Record number of Tax Credit Complaints are Succeeding - TEATHER

5.55.56pm UTC (GMT +0000) Fri 24th Jun 2005

Commenting on the publication of the Adjudicator's Office Annual Report 2005 which highlights the severe problems with the tax credit system, Sarah Teather MP said:

"There were 192,000 cases of overpaid tax credits revealed for the previous year in Brent. This year things could be even worse and it is well worth considering a formal complaint if you believe you have been treated unfairly by the Revenue.

"The report confirms what a shambles the administration of tax credits is in - 86% of complaints are being upheld by the independent Adjudicator.

"I will continue to press the Government for an urgent review of the case for returning to a system of fixed awards to end the bureaucratic nightmare being faced by so many families."

The Adjudicator's Office Annual Report is available at http://www.adjudicatorsoffice.gov.uk/report2005.pdf