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Child support

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Can I use my child care vouchers to pay for someone elses child?
In a previous job, I participated in the salary sacrifice scheme to purchase childcare vouchers. I built up a large amount of these, and was using these to pay a childminder for wrap around services. However, after a time I then changed jobs to one with flexible hours, and this along with use of a breakfast club means I am…
help with childcare through coronavirus
What do I do? My daughter attends school and a childminder and I work full time. I don't have family local to support and most of my friends also work full time. With the outbreak of corona virus we have received some information today, from the school and a second from the childminder. The school is stating that they may…
Accurate Child Maintenance Calculation
Currently, I have my son 6 days every other week. He spends Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, Mondays every other week with me and returns home on Tuesdays after school. It works out that my ex has my son 4 nights more a month than I do on a regular month. I do have my son on the day he goes back to his…
Csa payments
What will happen to csa payments if the paying parent loses their job
Tax Free Child Care
I earn over the £131 threshold but my partner varies some most weeks she is £150 but on occasion its £100 depending on what shifts she does, do we still qualify? Would they take an average over a period or is it weekly earnings?
Child benefit or claim
My son is 18 and was in full time education. I am in receipt of child benefit for him, but where do i stand now college has closed. We don't know if he will carry on in full time education or wether he should claim benefits between now and then if he does? currently he cannot get a job as he has several health conditions…
Still paying childcare while government closes nurseries
Im not sure where is best to post or ask this question? As off next week the childminder I use for my 18 month old has followed government guidelines and will be closing. They have stated that full fees will still be payable during the closed period. (And lets face who knows how long this will last) Is this something they…
Coronavirus
My childcare is with a grandparent, she is now in self-isolation for the forseeable due to the Coronavirus outbreak. I have discussed this with work, and they have said that I need to arrange alternate childcare and have enough time to do so as I’m not in now until next week. However I don’t have another childcare option!…
Financial help if nurseries and childcare services close
Does anyone know if you would still need to pay nursery fees if they do close due to Covid-19? I am worried as a single parent that I will not be able to afford this if I am required to take time off work to care for my daughter if they so close due to the virus?
Tax free childcare account - can the accrued tax roll over year on year?
Hello, We have just set up a tax free childcare account to start using next month for nursery fees. We were just wondering if the tax goverment top up we accrue (up to he maximum £2000 a year) can be rolled over into a new year if we don't use it? Thanks!
Shared Parentage... should I receive maintenance if I feed the kids more?
Hi, I don't pay maintenance as one child (child 1) lives with me and the other child (child 2)lives with their mother. However, although child 1 sees her mother for one night a week and eats there just the once, child 2 comes over between 4 and 5 times a week, usually once to sleep but stays for dinner everytime. My…
Do I have to pay the interest added onto the child benefit owed because of the high income
Hi, I've trawled the Internet but cannot find an answer. We have been hit by the child benefit high income overpayment. We owe £10500. £500 of this is interest added on. We have taken a loan out but been unable to contact hmrc to pay what we owe. The interest is being added on daily. £10 in under a week. I really feel as…
child benefit - think I missed I went over 50K limit......
Hi, Got a nasty feeling I went over the 50K threshold on the child benefit system for 2018-2019 tax year :( I started a new job where bonuses seem to be decided on a whim and it never crossed my mind that I might have got anywhere near the limit. I'm likely about 1K over, I've put in my figures on the calculator to test…
6month complaint, arrears and lump sum deduction order
My partner has had an ongoing complaint with CSA and CMS for years regarding maladministration where he had 2 dependants and 2 PWC (they paying the wrong parent with care and won't seek the money back to address arrears to the correct PwC) and calculations. Nothing has been resolved as yet. No updates. No returned calls…
Costs in lower tribunal
I have searched, google searched and really cannot find the definitive answer. Are appeals to CMS tribunals just like DWP appeals. ie no costs are awarded ?
Child’s father is working full time and I have told CSA and he must be signing on. I get £6 a fortni
Please help me I’m so depressed and struggling to make ends meet
Brand New at Being Single Mum-Help!
I became a single mum back in January and am now trying to sort out the finances so we can maintain a decent standard of living. Facts: *I make 25k, ex makes about 42k. * We have 2 kids: 9 and 2 year old. * We have a shared mortgage of £800 pm and £139 left to pay - don't think I can afford payments alone 😔 *Ex wants 50/50…
Child Maintanince Query
Back in September I was made redundant from my job because I didn’t know how long I would be out of work for I made the decision to agree a figure for the next years maintain everything with my ex and paid one lump sum up front. This was paid via bank transfer with the tittle one years maintance in December she was…
Split - CSA / Mortgage
Hi all, I need a little help if possible, so I see my two girls Wednesday from school pick up (where i finish work early) to Monday school drop off (then i go to work) and then again 3pm Saturday till Monday school drop off again. So, the ex had an affair with her work collegue who was also my friend, i kicked her out to…
Highe earner tax child benefit
Hi, My husband needs to fill in a tax return for 2018/19 as his salary went over the £50k and we were claiming child benefit. During that time he paid into a cycle to work scheme which according to the HMRC calculator we can deduct from his salary. My question is does this just go on the tax return as expenses as there is…

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