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Child Maintenance - Partner Wants CSA To Collect
Good evening, Have recently split up with my partner, we have 3 children together. We have gone through the CSA calculator online to calculate how much maintenance I will pay. She is saying that she wants to go through the CSA to collect the payments, I am not disputing the figures and have said the money will be in her…
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Receiving Ex keeping schtumm
HI I have two kids, one just turned 18 and finished A levels and the other 20 in October. I have zero contact with them (her choice) and therefore have NO idea what they are doing or where they are. I believe I should now be stopping paying CMS (now both out of school), but 'the system' relies on her reporting changes. I'm…
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Child Maintenance
Hi, At what age does Child Maintenance stop? If it is being collected by CMS automatically, will they stop it when it's due to be stopped automatically? I'm trying to find out for a relative. Child is now 16 years old, will be 17 later this year. Payments are still being made and collected, however the Child is not in any…
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Budgeting for next year
Hi everyone, hope you are well. My question / situation is: I recently accepted a 12-month Secondment at work with a payrise of about 24%. (My higher position and high salary after this period is not guaranteed.) My payrise is below the Child Maintenance Service 25% payrise threshold, so they will not recalculate my…
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REMO advice
Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone would be able to give advice or point me in the right direction. My ex wife took our son to Sweden 6 years ago and has since refused to tell me where they live or even let me know when theyre back in the UK for visits. I always supported her financially, even when I lost my job and…
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Extra hours with nursery
Hello all my son is 2, 3 in January and the health visitor says he's showing signs of a delay (with speach and drawing a straight line lol) not sure what element it comes under but it's one whole thing he's failing on or not quite up to speed with, he's had a hearing test come back 100% (HV referrd us to audiology) Just…
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Child tax credit overpayments.
Hello I have not worked for the last 3 years and have been claiming child tax credit for 3 young children. My husband has worked full time throughout. I started a new job in January and we have been told we now have an overpayment of £5000+. My husband earned about 26k for the whole tax year and from January to April I…
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Reporting someone to CMS
Hi, I was wondering if anyone knows what I should do in this circumstance please? I have a child who is 13. I always knew who the father was, but I didn’t have this confirmed until 3 years ago. I applied for maintenance for my child soon after I had the proof that he was indeed the father. The rate payable was only £7 per…
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Childcare Vouchers - Will I lose Them All?
Back in April 2020 I had £500 of childcare vouchers saved, then lockdown hit. My employer allowed me to work from home and childcare was not needed, so I lowered my vouchers to just £1 per month so I didn't lose the entitlement. Now some 14 months later I am still home working with a return later this year. During this…
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Maintenance payments
Hi, if your child wants to start working now has finished a college course and doesn’t want to go to university in sept, is 18 yrs old when do the payments stop. Thankyou
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Child benefit - increase in earnings
him I’m currently in receipt of CB. In May I got a new job and I am now earning 49k rising to 59kin December. My husband is self employed and in the last tax year earned 36k. He has had a substantial increase in earnings since January and is expecting to earn over 50k this tax year. When do I need to end my entitlement?
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Reduction in payments due to second child
Any help on this would be much appreciated. In the simplest terms, this is my situation; * I currently pay maintenance to my first partner for a child - these payments are made direct with the CMS stating how much it should be (changes year on year). * Myself and my wife had a child in January this year. I understand that…
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Child Maintenance and Child Benefit ending
Hello, daughter was 18 last September and in higher 6th doing A Levels, college has now finished and she will go to uni this September. When will Child Benefit and Maintenance end? Thanks
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Maintanance
My daughter who was 18 last month April 2021. She finishes college this week on Friday end of may . No more exams or a levels too do. Do I stop paying child maintanance straight away . She is taking a year out of education too work & then go uni next year if she gets her grades . What is the law please
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Calculating child support payments
Hi, I pay child support for 2 children. The calculation is based on my salary after salary sacrifice pension contributions. I currently have a company car but will be opting for a salary sacrifice car scheme whereby I get a car allowance of £500pcm but the car salary sacrifice is £800pcm. Does child support take this into…
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Can you open an old CSA case?
Can an old CSA case be re-opened? My daughters Dad walked out of her life when she was 7 years old never to be seen again well until now she'll be 20 next month. I opened a case with CSA, but he ran his own painting and decorating business, unregistered, worked cash in hand at the time. He was earning loads of money drove…
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Change of circumstances
Hi there. I used to live on my own and pay £313 a month in child maintenance. I have now moved in with my girlfriend and her two sons. My question is am I eligible to have my payments lowered due to me supporting the household bills and food etc. The £313 a month is now crippling my finances. Surely I can have this…
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National Insurance Credits
Hello, Please can anyone advise me on the following? I read that if child benefit was paid in your name and you weren't working you would have been credited with NI for up to 12 years. The person I read about then had her pension updated and also backdated. Then today I have read that this was only if you did not claim the…
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child tax credit
ok long story i changed bank accounts and i informed child tax credit of change in circumstances online because i could not get through on the phone i also wrote a letter that they never got apparently but it was not changed i have reference number that i did change details online , so on the 28th of april my CTC went to a…
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When does it stop?
My daughter is now 18 (April 21), currently doing her A-Levels. Leaves school on the 28th May. Hopefully commenting an apprenticeship, only 12 weeks per annum at uni. The rest of the time is on the job training. £15k wage. No agreement through the old CSA or current child maintenance. When do I stop paying? I’ve been told…
