The official write-off amount of $2 is ridiculous, too. If the government overpays by a few dollars, who cares? It’s going to Canadians, and the cost to track it down isn’t worth pursuing. It should be $10, imho, and anything less than $100 (or maybe even $500) should just get a notice that there was an overpayment, and next year’s amounts will be reduced by $x÷4 per quarter.
The interest on even $500 for a year is negligible compared to the direct cost in labour and external cost of wasted time to correct the error. Just roll it into the next year’s benefits totals and move on.
Back in 2016 I got a letter saying I was overplayed like $1800 or something (Pheonix pay system fiasco). Write back asking for the documentation/calculations/proof before I relayed and then never heard a word back from them and no one ever followed up.
Stupid that they will chase $0.20 from someone though, I’m sure there are higher priorities to work on.
The official write-off amount of $2 is ridiculous, too. If the government overpays by a few dollars, who cares? It’s going to Canadians, and the cost to track it down isn’t worth pursuing. It should be $10, imho, and anything less than $100 (or maybe even $500) should just get a notice that there was an overpayment, and next year’s amounts will be reduced by $x÷4 per quarter.
The interest on even $500 for a year is negligible compared to the direct cost in labour and external cost of wasted time to correct the error. Just roll it into the next year’s benefits totals and move on.
Back in 2016 I got a letter saying I was overplayed like $1800 or something (Pheonix pay system fiasco). Write back asking for the documentation/calculations/proof before I relayed and then never heard a word back from them and no one ever followed up.
Stupid that they will chase $0.20 from someone though, I’m sure there are higher priorities to work on.
Luck you got paid extra, I only got that settlement or whatever it was.