![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/martin-lewis-fan-gets-82000-cheque-from-hmrc-after-following-his-advice/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/4_Good-Morning-Britain-TV-show-London-UK-21-Sep-2022.jpg&description=A state pensioner managed to get £82,000 back after being underpaid based on her husband's National Insurance contributions after following a tip from Martin LewisThousands of state pensioners may be able to get payouts based on their partner's pension A state pensioner managed to get an £82,000 windfall after following advice from MoneySavingExpert founder Martin Lewis. The woman, Jill, got the massive cheque from HM Revenue & Customs after the money expert shared a pensions tip. Speaking on the Martin Lewis Money Show Live, Lewis said hundreds of thousands of people - mostly women - could be owed at least £6,000 each. One woman, Jill, now 77, was happily married to husband Robin until he passed away in 2008. "At the time I got a very basic state pension - around £90 a week," Jill said. "Robin was also getting a state pension which was quite generous. I thought that pension died with him." After following Martin's advice, Jill got a phone call from HMRC. "She said actually it's £82,100 and something pounds. I was stunned, I didn't know what to say. it was astounding. Lewis said women were mostly due the payments ( ITV) "Then when I started to think about it, I realised it was money I was entitiled to 12 years ago." Martin broke down the complicated set of circumstances that could make someone eligible to claim the money. He told his ITV1 viewers: "There are hundreds of thousands of, generally women, who are due at least £6,000 pension back. "Married women and widows may have been underpaid, specifically women who hit state pension age before April 6, 2016. "So that's people aged approximately 70 or older. And your basic state pension needed to be 60% of your husband's basic state pension - and this is only for married couples. "Now, you will get an automatic top up and it should be backdated. If your husband was 65 on or after March 17 2008, or you're a widow whose husband died after April 2008 and you're getting less than 60% of his pension. "But you still need to){kind=link}
A state pensioner managed to get £82,000 back after being underpaid based on her husband’s National Insurance contributions after following a tip from Martin Lewis
A state pensioner managed to get an £82,000 windfall after following advice from MoneySavingExpert founder Martin Lewis.
The woman, Jill, got the massive cheque from HM Revenue & Customs after the money expert shared a pensions tip.
Speaking on the Martin Lewis Money Show Live, Lewis said hundreds of thousands of people – mostly women – could be owed at least £6,000 each.
One woman, Jill, now 77, was happily married to husband Robin until he passed away in 2008.