{"id":113339,"date":"2025-05-19T03:31:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T03:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/113339\/"},"modified":"2025-05-19T03:31:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T03:31:09","slug":"hmrc-may-pay-out-thousands-to-woman-who-had-children-between-1978-and-2000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/113339\/","title":{"rendered":"HMRC may pay out thousands to woman who had children between 1978 and 2000"},"content":{"rendered":"

HMRC has discovered that thousands of women are due compensation amounting to \u00a37,859 due to a historical error.<\/p>\n

The mistake primarily affected women who gave birth in the 80s and 90s under the Labour<\/a> Party government’s tax department. As a result, HMRC is now informing these women about their entitlement to a payout, which could be a substantial windfall of nearly \u00a38k. The error pertains to Home Responsibilities Protection (HRP), a scheme designed to reduce the number of years required on your National Insurance record to qualify for the full state pension.<\/p>\n

The individuals most impacted by this oversight are stay-at-home mothers who claimed Child Benefit between 1978 and 2000, as per tax experts. For money-saving tips, sign up to our Money newsletter here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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During that period, if you were at home raising children or caring for someone and receiving either Child Benefit or Income Support, you were eligible for HRP.<\/p>\n

However, the system underwent changes in 2010 when HRP was replaced with National Insurance credits.<\/p>\n

Regrettably, for thousands of people, their HRP entitlement wasn’t accurately recorded or transferred to their National Insurance record.<\/p>\n

This oversight by HMRC, which has now been identified and is being addressed, means some individuals have gaps in their records, reports Birmingham Live<\/a>.<\/p>\n

More concerning is the fact that as a result, they may be receiving less state pension than they’re entitled to, or will be in the future.<\/p>\n

The tax department has begun sending letters to approximately 370,000 people.<\/p>\n

So far, they’ve identified just over 5,300 cases of underpayment between January and September 2024, totalling around \u00a342 million owed.<\/p>\n

On average, each individual is entitled to approximately \u00a37,859. It’s estimated that around 43,000 of the affected individuals have sadly passed away, however, their families can still claim the owed amount.<\/p>\n

HMRC is prioritising those who are already of pensionable age and making contact with them first.<\/p>\n

To be eligible, you must have been receiving child benefit in your own name (not a spouse or partner), your child was under 16 for the entirety of the financial year in question, and you were not contributing to the married woman’s ‘reduced stamp’.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HMRC has discovered that thousands of women are due compensation amounting to \u00a37,859 due to a historical error.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":113340,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3093],"tags":[51,24837,474,1016,13946,51302,2064,2499,28108,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-113339","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-personal-finance","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-child-benefit","10":"tag-finance","11":"tag-hmrc","12":"tag-home-responsibilities-protection","13":"tag-individuals","14":"tag-national-insurance","15":"tag-personal-finance","16":"tag-raising-children","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114532390245920288","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}