RM5172 - Over-repayments: Obtaining the claimant's agreement
When an Inspector has told you that the over-repayment is recoverable and how to recover the over-repayment
- write to the claimant or agent and say what you propose to do, for example
- set-off all the over-repayment against another claim or claims
- set-off part of the over-repayment against another claim or claims
- ask the claimant to repay some or all of the over-repayment
- include a computation, explanation and apology
- ask for agreement to your figures and to the way you propose to recover the over- repayment
- tell the claimant that you can recover the over-repayment formally by assessment if you have to
- put the file on special B/F for 10 days to await a reply.