Lightning McQueen wrote:After breaking up from my wife late in 2012 I set out to make a better life for my kids and I, I didn't want to lose them so I put my life on hold and rebuilt myself from scratch, I left with nothing except some huge debts that I knew nothing of at the time.
The CSA told me that I had to go to Centrelink to do assessments and work out child support etc. as there was shared custody, I did and it was a feeling of accomplishment as I was recognised as a sole parent and everything was above board.
I received the minimum payments (based on my wage), around $90-$110 per fortnight, I done my taxes immediately after getting my group certificate and then Centrelink would send me a letter of re-assessment based on my estimated earnings vs actual earnings, I always over-estimated to avoid any fines etc.
I received money 3 times after they had assessed my tax.
Here I am, 5 years later and I receive an email saying I owe them $10,000 for over-payments between 2014-2016, how the hell do they work this out, they didn't even give me that much money during this time, no wonder people go and do crazy shit!
After sitting on it for a week I rang them yesterday to arrange an appointment, ended up being a 90 minute phone call to which the bloke on the other end had to get his manager to go over it too as they couldn't see how or why my assessment changed so long after, all my i's we're dotted and the t's were crossed so it should've been a closed case, somehow someone somewhere has changed my profile recently to backdate things 4 years ago and alter all of my child support, earnings and level of care, the case has been escalated and I should be hearing back from them today, hopefully with a positive outcome.