Couples Claim to be Apart

240,000 couples claim to be apart to claim lone-parent benefit

ALMOST a quarter of a million couples with children are pretending to live apart to claim lone parent benefits worth up to £7,100 a year,

Co-habiting couples who wrongly claim the lone parent tax credits can gain up to £7,100, rising to £9,985 for those with two children, or £11,917 for those with three.

HM Revenue & Customs said it was aware of the problem of undeclared partners perpetrating tax-credit fraud, and was combating it.

“Last year alone we carried out 120,000 checks on undeclared partners, and are continuing to explore ways that we can more accurately identify those falsely claiming to live alone,” it said.

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