Originally Posted by
L1A2
The experience of a few (lots) of people who were overpaid and then badgered into writing cheques to repay the money, only to then find that JPA also reclaimed the same funds back the following month is v bad.
If you have had an advance of rates there is no system within JPA to balance the advance against the full claim. PMA have a growing list of people who owe money back which will be reclaimed "sometime"
Keep the money safely,
don't spend it because its recovery will be effected at this "sometime" future date.
If it is a 'simple' overpayment the system may reclaim it at the following pay period, unfortunately you then enter the JPA pay merry go round and, similarly to the old system, it will be months before it balances properly.
Do you also realise that the RAF/JPA may not be aware of this overpayment? It's a little known fact that the audit trail/budgetary limit control element of JPA was not instituted, and that there is no one tasked with ensuring that the overall monthly spend is within tolerances - by contrast, the RN has designated a 2* to at least cast a cursory glance over the vote allocations for each element of the pay system to ensure that the variation is reasonable, and at least trackable. Which is why some people go an awful long time before being asked to pay money back. Unfortunately/fortunately, JPA and RAF rely on the honesty of the people to admit to these sort of cockups.
Best advice - sit quietly and try not to smirk too much.