Recovery of alleged tax credit debts outside of the Limitation Act

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Dear HM Revenue and Customs,

Please provide the following information:

How many debt collection agencies have you contracted with each
year from year commencing April 2011 to year commencing April 2015
to recover alleged tax credit debts more than six years old? What
are the names of these companies?

Do you pay the organisations for work done where no money is
recovered by them? If so, how much? Or, do you pay these
organisations on successful recovery only? If so, please confirm
details of this agreement.

Do you provide the organisations with the dates of the alleged
dates, or the sums involved only?

How many alleged tax credit debts from 2004-2005 have you pursued
between 2013 and 2015? How many of these debts have been the
subject of court proceedings?

Yours faithfully,

Sarah Graber

HM Revenue and Customs

 
 
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Dear Ms Graber

 

Please find attached a response to your recent request for information.

 

 

Regards,

 

Karen Newill

 

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