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is it ok to report a benefit cheat, what shall i do?
I have already reportied and nothing has been happening this family still has two brand new 4x4 , two other cars while the husband also has a very good bussines but the wife stil claims house +tax + child benefit for the last 6 years is it worth it to report it again it seems waste of time
26 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Child benefit is for everyone, even the queen. They have probably been called in already to talk about it by the council, but you wouldn't know about it. People are entitled to have up to a certain value in goods, which can be surprisingly high. Maybe their 4x4's are cheap. If they are commiting fraud, they will be found!
- 1 decade ago
I am not condoning what they are doing but why are you so determined to see this family toppled - have they wronged you in the past?
I can understand why you are doing it as it can be soul destroying for some people who are working hard and not getting very far and then there are people not working very much at all and living the high life at the tax payers expense.
If you feel so strongly about it, by all means, report away - my guess is the fraud squad will probably already be investigating them and gathering enough evidence to confront them but if you are worried they are not doing anything about it then report it again.
I wonder how you know so much about their business - how do you know that they are doing all of these things?? My guess is that you know them or have people who know about them who are feeding you this information.
I worry about the kids as they are the ones who always suffer through this but it's up to you - If your heart is in the right place and you are not doing this out of spite and jealousy then do waht you want.
- ?Lv 45 years ago
because being trustworthy receives you knowhere. on the accurate of the day they don't look to be stealing from us, they're stealing from the authorities, who thieve from us each and each and every of the time. Is it accurate they they dedicate this fraud? No, yet the different turn edge of the argument is it accurate for the govtto rob us on an regularly happening foundation? Am I regularly occurring? sure Am I to blame? sure ought to I record someone? NO. for most causes, although in the destiny you should finally end up reporting the incorrect type of human beings and in the journey that they discover out who reported them (as they in certain circumstances do) you may gaurentee undesirable issues will ensue. I easily have considered this finished myself and it really is not useful. i'm not a earnings cheat, not in any respect have felt the desire to, and that i paintings finished-time so as that kinda blows some peoples misconceptions right here out of the water. although I see our govt squandering extra public money, my not common earnd taxes, each and daily than human beings committing earnings fraud. So as a substitute of human beings crying on YA! about a small share of those who're suffering for a meager volume of money from the Social, they ought to concentration on crying to the govtand ask them why they sense the desire to squander our taxes, thousands of thousands of pounds nicely worth of our taxes. Thats the bigger image and that is what we desire to address.
- Lisa PLv 51 decade ago
Yes report them to DSS, Child Benefit, Working Tax, Housing, The more your report it they will be investigated.
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- jeanimusLv 71 decade ago
Maybe nothing was done because nothing needs doing. People on good incomes are eligible for tax credits, plus unless youve seen the books, you dont know how much they earn. The inland revenue has a dept to check out benefit fraud, and they usually check out any one they think is cheating. Maybe they are claiming what they are entitled to. Like I said, unless you know their income exactly you dont know what they should be getting.
- 1 decade ago
sounds like you are jealous of this family but believe me they will be doing something they wont just stop her benefit they have to investigate it properly and they will be in the street waiting and watching ho is coming and going in and out of the house and taking pictures and following them to where they work don't do anything ells as as they will find out it is you especially if you are telling people and then you will have trouble at your door
- Anonymous1 decade ago
yes i would, but you can claim child benifit no matter how rich you are, also are you sure they have not been left money in a will or taken out a loan to buy the nice things in life.
you need to be atleast 99% sure they are benefit cheats first.
hope that helps
- CopperLv 41 decade ago
Yes, do it. These people are thieves, and it's our money they are taking.
If there were no benefit cheats to pay for the government would be able to reduce our taxes!!!
- Anonymous1 decade ago
I think you should report and report them until they get caught....people like them are bringing this country down sod the people on here who say you are nosey, how else can we have a fair system if they can get away with frauding the system year after year
Sounds like there's a few of them answering your question