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Capital gain and child maintenance
Looking for some advice here please. I am currently a paying parent on a child maintenance setup. I am considering selling a house I have had for a long time and will no doubt attract a capital gain. I spoke with my accountant about this today and he was of the opinion that a capital gain following a house sale was exempt…
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I think myChild Maintance has been worked out wrongly
I am a non resident dad. I have 2 children with my ex. I now have 2 children with my new partner. When I started paying child maintenance to my ex, I was told by the gentleman on the telephone that as the child benefit for my children with my new partner was not registered to my address (we don't live together), my child…
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Partners daughter not registered at our address with the child benefit office.
I recently moved in with my girlfriend and her daughter. I contacted the CMS who said there would be no reduction in the maintenance as my girlfriends daughter has not been registered with the child benefit office at our address since September 2013. My girlfriends daughter has only ever lived at the address we now live…
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Frustrated Dad
Hiya all I’m the NRP I opened a case for CSM to pay to my ex partner the kids live with her. There has been no response from her and no bank details passed over so I can pay I have an amount to pay each month but no where to pay it letters have been sent and phone calls made but she is still not responding my question is…
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Ex dragging her feet over official DNA test
Been lurking a little trying to find information, hoping someone might be able to offer advice or words of wisdom. It's long winded but here goes... I'm quite a young lad (19) I started seeing a girl just before Xmas 2017 on and off until about March 2018 as she started brushing me off with !!!! when I'd arrange to see her…
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Ex paying direct payments, renting out property, advice?
Hi my ex is unable to work due to a criminal conviction he has. I'm assuming he's on incapacity though he's never told me what he's on just that he cannot work due to the conviction. We went through direct payments with the calculations made by csa. I was aware he was no longer living at his property due to neighbours…
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At breaking point...please help!
Desperation has me joining this forum to ask for help from you wonderful people. I am nrppartner. For 25 years the csa have got everything wrong with my husbands case. He has paid. But we have struggled. The csa/cms are hellbent on seeing us out of our home. So it seems. There are too many errors to list here. We have a…
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£1 million payout, how will it affect CMS payment
Hi. First time posting. I left my ex 3 years ago & am almost at the end of our divorce. We have 4 kids who reside with me & spend 2 nights with him a month (their choice). A week after we separated he had an accident & hasn't worked since. He receives disability benefit so only pays £30 a month as CMS dictates. Just been…
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MSE News: Left out of pocket by the Tax-Free Childcare scheme? Here's how to claim
If you've been left out of pocket due to technical difficulties when applying for the Tax-Free Childcare scheme you can reclaim your costs...Read the full story: 'Left out of pocket by the Tax-Free Childcare scheme? Here's how to claim' Click reply below to discuss. If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply. If you…
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CMS Calculation Help
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CSA Overpayment Advice..
Scenario: Party 1 hasnt seen his children for nearly 9 years. Payments have been made every month for 9 years as per instruction. Information came to light via social media that said child (aged19) was no longer in further education. Since September 2018 Party 1 has continued to contact CSA to inform them of the…
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Court order
I had a divorce court order by the court in Holborn in London - it was stamped January 2011. The CMS has contacted me to say my ex has contacted them and asked them to recalculate. They said they can take over after a year and one day of the court ruling. I explained this was unfair as it was agreed in court. Circumstances…
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CSA Wrong Calculations
Hi, I was wondering if anyone had any advice. I'm currently dealing with CMS regarding my arrears. I discovered today that they've worked out my arrears on the basis that last year I made £58,000 (this is the figure they got from HMRC based on my earnings in 2016). Last year I took a few months out of work and actually…
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Arrears written off
I have just had a letter from the CMS that they have written off debt owed to me. Are they able to do this without first consulting me to find out my wishes? As far as I'm concerned this is owed to me and not them so any choice made to write off the debt should be mine and not theirs. What do you think? Is there anything I…
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Co-Parenting Child Maintenance
Hi Everyone I have a co-parent situation with my only child and for nearly 2 years I've been paying maintenance which I gave above the maintenance calculator. This wasn't an issue at the time because she wasn't working and I wanted my son to be taken care of on the days I don't have him. To change this arrangement now…
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Advise please on CSA case
Good afternoon, Could I please ask for a little bit of advise. My ex has been paying me monthly for years for two children ( below £100 a month ) but worked self employed for his brother. His payment was always cash in hand and the cash/tax man was obviously not told the correct amount! So the payment he used to make me…
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Help with childcare
Hi again, Not sure if this is right place to post. Today I had my first Work Search Interview but he was not helpful answering my questions or giving any solutions. I have enquired into local nurseries in my area and a lot of the ones attached to schools are full, so I have looked at private nurseries - but they all…
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Self-assessment: How much Child Benefit to declare?
I will need to pay some of the High Income Child Benefit charge on my tax return. It is for a partial year, how much am I supposed to declare that I received/was entitled to etc "Enter the total amount of Child Benefit you and your partner were entitled to receive for the year to 5th April 2018" 17/7/17 - 5/4/18 - CB tax…
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Paying back Child Benfit
My husband recently got his Annual Tax Summary for 2017-2018. He has now exceeded the £50000 maximum earnings to get full Child benefit for both our children. He has only exceeded it by £2000 and I have no income as I am recovering from cancer. I now need to pay some benefit back I think? How do I work out how much to pay…
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Csa arrears while out of work
Hi all Does anyone know where I can get help with this. So I have been paying off Csa arrears of 20k at £310 a month deduction of earnings, I now owe around 9k however I have just received a statement showing what money I should of been paying each week. My issue is that between 2009 and 2014 I was unemployed and was part…