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We've just received a letter demanding about £3600 that was overpaid. This overpayment happened about 6-7 years ago. (I had tried to deal with it when it happened but they refused what I offered to pay a month - so I forgot about it- marriage,baby and house move got in the way).
I rang the HMRC last year asking if I could deal with it through them but they said it was no longer to do with them, that they had passed the debt on. (Another debt collection agency had contacted us last year about it).
So I'm assuming that agency has passed it on to Equita? Or maybe it's another company belonging to them? Anyway, I'm loathe to pay these greedy buggers a penny as I don't even think that this amount is correct.
As as it's been bought by an agency, could it be statute barred as we haven't contacted them in so long?
We're in Northern Ireland, so don't need to worry about bailiffs showing up at the door.
I rang the HMRC last year asking if I could deal with it through them but they said it was no longer to do with them, that they had passed the debt on. (Another debt collection agency had contacted us last year about it).
So I'm assuming that agency has passed it on to Equita? Or maybe it's another company belonging to them? Anyway, I'm loathe to pay these greedy buggers a penny as I don't even think that this amount is correct.
As as it's been bought by an agency, could it be statute barred as we haven't contacted them in so long?
We're in Northern Ireland, so don't need to worry about bailiffs showing up at the door.
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