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Eligibility for 15 childcare hours for 2025/26 tax year
Hi all, I have a 2yo who has been in nursery since November, and I have been paying all fees as my income will be 105k after pension payments for the 2024/25 tax year (it's 97k as at today). It's too late for me to make a contribution to pension to bring it down as I need the extra money for house renovations... However,…
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Childcare funding eligibility when between employment and self-employment
I am due to update my eligibility for my daughter's childcare fees. I am self-employed (not officially registered as such anywhere) and currently earning well below threshold. If this changes over the next few months, but due to part-time employment starting (with self-employment continuing on the side), will I be…
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Child Benefit Threshold Help
Good evening, I need help regarding the threshold where you lose the benefit altogether. I understand it's £60,000+ at which point you are no longer entitled to it. What I can't work out is... Can we (my wife) still claim it every month until I hit the £50,000 mark then we start to lose a % up until £60,000 or because my…
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Calculation used by gov.uk
My daughter is trying to get some payments towards 2 sons maintenance from ex partner. He is offering 50% of food costs ( not sure how you work out their food seperate to hers) or indeed if occasions when others ‘feed ‘ them count in or out. He is also offering 50% of clothing & school dinners money. To my mind this…
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Does anyone have experience with child maintenance timescales - uncooperative father?
Hi all, Just after a bit of a feeler if anyone has any experience here with the CMS. My sister had a child just before Christmas, and the father (who accepts he is the father to be clear) is refusing to pay any maintenance for the care of his son, which means my sister is generally penniless 99.99% of the time, spending…
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Cashback on Tax-Free Childcare payments
Hi there, Wondering if anyone has any latest tips/tricks to gain cashback on payments made in to the Tax-Free Childcare Scheme on Gov.uk, please? Given that AMEX isn't accepted on these payments, I've been looking for other ways to gain cashback or at least some kind of equivalent reward (e.g. air miles) back, for such…
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Finances When Separating with Child
Asking on behalf of a colleague whose slightly confused as am I. He's split from his wife and they've agreed to more or less shared residency of 1 child - it works out she will have 4 overnights and he'll have 3 - her choice and he doesn't want to make waves. He will pay for all of child's needs when in his care and half…
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Child Maintenance End Date
Hi folks, my son's child maintenance payments are due to end when my son 'ceases full time secondary education' according to our divorce settlement My ex husband is 'chomping at the bit' to stop his payments - he already cancelled when he turned 18, but I pointed out the divorce agreement. He then wanted to cancel when he…
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CM Payments
Asking on behalf of a colleague whose slightly confused as am I. He's split from his wife and they've agreed to more or less shared residency of 1 child - it works out she will have 4 overnights and he'll have 3 - her choice and he doesn't want to make waves. He will pay for all of child's needs when in his care and half…
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Child Maintenance/Child Benefit
Myself & my ex partner have just had the child benefit award for our 2 children split 50/50 & due to this the CMS has closed down my claim for child maintenance. Am I still entitled to child maintenance from my ex-partner? my child arrangements are on average 4 nights per week with me.
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Anything I can do??
Had a private arrangement with my child’s dad to pay maintenance but due to a range of reasons around money and not being able to have a conversation about reviewing payments I contacted the CMS and now have a case etc. i have received the payment plan which states to start next month, I have not received this months…
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Child Benefit threshold increase
Last year I moved in with my partner, due to his earnings I cancelled my child benefit payments for my son. I have received a text message today from 'HM Revenue and Customs' with the following info: 'If you opted out of receiving Child Benefit payments and you and your partner each earn less than £80,000, you may now want…
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Notional Assets
Do the cms take the value of your car into account as notional asset. My car is worth 38k but I have a loan of 25k.
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Tax free childcare - option to to reconfirm missing?
Hi, I got notified that my window for reconfirmation of TFC eligibility on 24/12 and the window for doing so closed on 19/1 but despite logging on at various points since, the option to reconfirm isn't there. It looks like it might be under Re-apply or apply for another child but when I click on that it doesn't go anywhere…
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Child benefit advice required
Through laziness / neglect, I have not informed HMRC of our child leaving full time education. After discussing with partner and friends, I now realise I must inform HMRC online. However I'm apprehensive after reading about penalties / backdated charges. Does anyone have any experience of this? Will the charges be taken in…
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15 hours free childcare application deadlines
My sister has a nearly one year old baby and her maternity leave is coming to an end. She will be returning to work 35 hours per week. She received a letter about applying for 15 hours free childcare. The letter had various dates on it and, as her maternity leave ends before 31 Jan said she could apply for the term…
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Childcare Nursery Fees Over Christmas
Hello, My childcare setting charges for Bank Holidays @ full rate, these arent included within 30 free hours I receive. I am fine with this. But the setting is closed over Christmas for 1.5 weeks but she is charging us FULL rate for the 3 x bank holidays over Christmas/New Year. Please tell me this is wrong???
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Tax Free Childcare and Shared Parental Leave
Very important here, I want to play this straight and correct not game the system. The rules state that "if you (and your partner, if you have one) are
on shared parental, maternity, paternity, or adoption leave and are due back to work within
31 days" you can apply for Tax Free Childcare. The thing is, with Shared…
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What is the definition of living costs in relation to child maintainence?
Hello, Due to a recent relationship breakdown I find myself in uncharted waters in particular to child maintenance. I have used the govt web site to calculate how much I am paying as a minimum, but I'm struggling to understand what 'living costs' cover. So far we have shared extra costs such as additional tuition, dance…
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Advice about ex spending
I pay my ex wife £600 a month for 2 children. Just a few examples of why I’m frustrated- They tell me often they’ve had microwave burgers for dinner, biscuits for breakfast.They never have fresh food like chicken , meat, and never seem to have a healthy cooked meal it’s always junk. They are always dressed scruffy looking…
