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Award-winning programme-maker, Tiger Aspect, is producing a documentary series on HMRC for Channel 4.
Some people find themselves in dispute over child benefit, in particular divorced parents, who cannot decide who should receive the payment.
If you are having difficulties with child benefit, we’d like to hear from you.
Please contact Ruth Newton on ruthnewton@tigeraspect.co.uk or 0208 222 4891 for more information.
All conversations are off the record and confidential and don't oblige you to take part in the series.
I think it would be worth devoting some airtime to the fathers who find that the mothers are claiming child benefits when they shouldn't be (ie fraudulently) and nothing is done - and likewise, the fact that CMS can't take any action themselves in this respect.
Any dads on here in that position might want to email Ruth.
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