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Voices of the Victims 'Voices of the Victims' is a booklet of true stories, written by Tax Credit overpayment victims. It’s the first piece of qualitative research on Tax Credit overpayment and brings together nearly 40 cases in victims own words. Not a 'selection' of the 'juiciest' stories, but a collection of tragic and heartbreaking truths that we collated on a first-come basis. The 'victims' who volunteered their stories for inclusion in the booklet showed tremendous courage. Thank you! Although the stories are tragic in themselves, an even bigger tragedy is the fact that this is only the very tip of a huge iceberg which continues to grow on a daily basis. Official HMRC figures show that, from 2003 until April 2007, there have been 7,030,000 claims overpaid by a total of £6,152,000,000. That is six billion, one-hundred and fifty-two million pounds! Statistics for 2007-2008 will probably not be released until May 2009, but you can expect the figures to increase by well over a million claimants, who have been overpaid by another one billion pounds. The tragedies will continue to grow; lives ruined by HMRC oppression, which is backed-up by a Government in denial. MPs who attempt to get to the truth are 'misled' by evasive and convoluted answers given in Parliament, whilst the Party in power still refuse to listen - continuing to protect both their much needed 'fairy-tale' success and the Prime Minister's ego. Download 'Voices of the Victims' here. Send it to your friends. Send it to your MP. Publicise it as much as you can. Tell the world! You can also download a transcript of the 'Voices of the Victims' launch speeches here. |
Please note that we are not tax professionals and are working on a voluntary basis, unpaid, in our ‘free time’. Between us, we have a lot of experience and knowledge in this area, gained over the last few years of supporting victims and helping them fight for justice and their rights. But legislation, operating practice and individual cases change all the time. While we aim to be professional and accurate at all times, please understand the circumstances we are working under, and accept our support, guidance and information in the sprit it is offered; goodwill and camaraderie.
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