Debt amount:
$800
Date debt issued:
Tuesday, 12 June 2018
Period debt occurred:
June 2015 to July 2016
Has your case been referred to a collection agency?:
No
Payment Type:
Family Tax Benefit
Appealing Debt?:
I don't know how to
Tell us about your debt and how has this affected you? e.g. anxiety levels, financial and accommodation stress:
I was sent a letter for debts owed without any accounting as to how I was overpaid. I reported all my income that year and my partners too. If I took time off to appeal it I would lose hundreds in wages so I agreed to a payment plan. They took one payment, then when my tax return was filed they took the balance, no request, no notice that the debt was resolved, nothing. I may have never owed them at all but honestly I knew I would lose either way.
How do you feel about the way the Government has handled this process?:
Frustrated, angry, powerless and feeling like the whole process was unfair and opaque.