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Collection charge
I missed a few payments and without warning they started taking it direct from my wages, (which I don't really mind). However this method incurs a 20% collection charge every week which I think is extortionate to say the least! Don't know how they can justify such an amount and not give me any notification prior to doing…
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Childcare vouchers
Hi, this is my first post on here. I’ve had a look and can’t see anything related. I have been saving childcare vouchers for years. We save enough to cover wrap around care and holidays but due to lockdown we’re not in credit by several hundred pounds (didn’t want to stop them straight away as we wouldn’t be able to…
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Advice On High Income Child Benefit Charge
Good morning, Hoping some one can give me some guidance on the charge as I find it a mine field and after talking to the tax office being no clearer. 1 - I file my return in April after receiving my p60 from my employer, do we then pay back for the previous years money received? 2 - My tax code for this tax year is 1049L…
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Divorce, Mortgage, Child Support
Hi All, looking for some advise for my daughter who is in the process of divorce after her husband had an affair and left the family home. they own two flats, one is buy to let and the other is the family home she shares with 2 children. they have decided that he will keep the buy to let and she will stay in the family…
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CMS help please. Main carer incapacitated & my Daughter wants to live with me?
Hi there, I am really hoping that someone might be able to help me please as I just really need some advice as I am not sure what to do. Thankyou. My daughter is 16 & her Mum who is the main carer was put on life support 4 weeks ago due to Covid. My Daughter has been staying with her stepfather but is desperate to come and…
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Tax free childcare rebate
Hi there. I've recently found out that I'm entitled to tax free childcare but my eldest son has been attending nursery since October 2019 and I've not been claiming this. Does anyone know if you can get a tax rebate on the amount already paid? I've had a look on Gov.uk but can't find any information on this. Thanks in…
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Child maintenance
HiCan anyone advise me could I contact the CSA and ask them if my ex wife still claims child benefit for my children as I don't have anything to dom with her and she won't tell me if the kids are still in full time education? Thanks
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Child maintenance - blast from the past
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Shared paternity pay
Hi Me and my partner work for the same company . We are splitting 9 months of materity/paternity roughly 6 months for her 3 months to me . Work have informed me I am only getting the paternity pay that my partner would have got and not of my income as I earn more than her as I have more hours in my contract . I have spoke…
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High income child benefit charge - working out adjusted income
Hi all, I am wondering if you can help me? Ive been a PAYE tax payer all my life and never had to submit a self assessment of any kind. However with a recent pay rise I fear that I now trip into the HICBC threshold. I’ve only just realised this applies to tax year 2019-20 and the deadline to submit my return is tomorrow…
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Child Benefit questions
Hi all, I have a couple of questions regarding Child Benefit and hope you can help out. 1.) I see you have to pay tax back on Child Benefit if you earn or you partner earns over £50k but this seems unfair if say I earn £55k and my partner is either on a low or no income where as 2 people in a relationship can earn £49,999…
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Tax-free childcare - an answer I can't find anywhere!
Hi everyone, I've looked everywhere and can't find an answer to this. I have resigned from my employer and so understand that I will leave their childcare voucher scheme and need to instead sign up to tax-free childcare. My question is, at what point do I register for tax-free childcare, in order to not have a gap where…
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End of payments
Hi looking for some advice I’ve looked online and it’s very sketchy even the HMRC don’t really break it down my husbands child that we pay support from is 19 and is in full time employment but also still at college I till may June I can see that it says child support stops when they are 20 does that mean when he is 20 on…
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REMO
Hi, I’m about to start the whole REMO process, just sent my initial form and waiting to hear from them. I was just wondering whether I should get my child maintenance order in the mean time or just sit tight and wait for REMO response? Any help, advice would be greatly appreciated.
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Csa calculation
Just trying to work out csa payments but its asking for taxable income. Is that gross minus pension or is it different? Salary calculator provides a different figure than my calculations for taxable income.... Anyone know which it is?
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Just got hit with 14,000 pound csa bill
Hi my husband has just been hit with a £14,000 pounds csa bill and they are taking it out of his wages his son is now 25 yrs old but when he divorced his son’s mother in 2004 and he gave her the house and 10,000 in cash and was paying her 280 a month child support for 2 yrs all this was signed by a judge so I don’t see why…
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Child Maintenance during Lockdown
Hello I pay child maintenance to my 18 year old daughter via a family agreement rather than through the CSA. She hasn't been to school since well before Christmas. I'm currently furloughed. Question is, should I be paying her anything at the moment, as she isn't going out at all and is in lockdown with her boyfriend and…
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Sale of foreign property and impact on UK child benefit?
I've recently sold a foreign property (at a capital loss, so no CGT). My question is does the money from the sale of that property (or asset) count as income which can affect Child Benefit (with the 50K threshold)? I have called HMRC who told me to call Child benefit, who told me to call HMRC! The money form the sale is…
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Information please
Is maintenance still paid for a 17 year old, living away from home studying a full time degree level course. And if so, at what age does maintenance stop?
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SSP v child maintenance
I have to pay child maintenance which is expected as I am a dad, my query is that from 2019 tax year to 2020 I was told I had to pay £362.56 child maintenance as this is what is worked out from my earnings, but in may 2019 I was diagnosed with evasive bladder cancer stage 3 two months into the tax year , I was SSP until…
