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Maternity Allowance and Self Employed/Armed Forces
Hi Guys, Hoping for some help/advice! I am currently expecting my first child. I am self employed and on a low income (averaging £11,500 over 3 years) and my partner is in the Armed Forces. I have been through the Government websites but it seems we don’t qualify for anything other than statutory Maternity Pay. Is there…
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Childcare costs help
My daughter is going to start nursery in January for 2 full days a week. She is 1 years old. Can I claim any help? Both myself and husband will be working over 24 hours between us. Our combined income with my new part time salary will be below £46,000. When I use the gov.uk website to find out it asks for info but based on…
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How much child maintenance should I get
Hi I have 3 children aged 4, 9 and 11, one girl and two boys. I am separated but not yet divorce from their father. Their father earns £1200 a month. How much child maintenance should I be getting a month for all 3 children. Online calculators say its 19% - £228. Is that £228 per child.
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Wife’s ex under paying child maintenance
Hello all, My wife recently contacted the CMS as she was suspicious of ex husbands earnings vs the money he was giving her as maintenance payments (not through CMS). CMS calculated that he should be paying £680 per month based on earnings over financial year 2017. She was only receiving £400 a month. CMS has calculated…
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New baby on the way
Hi Guys. First post on the forum, so here goes.... I have split up with my wife a few years ago now and i am paying her monthly an agreed amount inline with the Child Maintenance Calculator. Myself and my new partner are expecting our first child together which will obviously mean another dependent and the payments will go…
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Nursery fees
The nursery my DD attends is lovely and she's really settled in. However, if my child (or any child) is off for any reason (e.g. sickness/holiday etc) I still pay for the days as they are holding her place for me, which I am happy to pay and was aware of this when I signed the contract. But, I know that the nursery will…
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Backdated payments
My partners child moved in with us on the 20th September 2018 after disagreements with her mum and step dad. We applied for child benefit and provided them with the date that she moved in. We've been waiting patie toy for a response and received a letter today saying that payments would begin from the week after the 15th…
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Child Maintenance over payment
I received a letter today dated 30th October saying that I no longer have to pay for my child be cause he is no longer a "qualifying young person" the letter states that it is from 1st September almost 2 months ago! I have a direct payment to the childs mother which was set up by the csa but they did not take the money, I…
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Ex committing benefit fraud
Hi everyone, I have been trying to deal with this by myself but have been getting nowhere. I have an 18 yr old daughter (19 next month) who I have always paid maintenance for. In recent yearsI have noticed that the money is being paid to her mother when she is actually living with her mothers parents (ie not the main…
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I’m not on daughters birth certificate, ex wants money
Hi, hope someone can help. I’ve got myself in a real mess here. I had a one night stand with this girl, she said she was on the pill, but clearly wasn’t, I got a text off her a month after our night saying she was pregnant, I bombarded her with messages and calls but never heard anything from her. I convinced myself she…
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CSA hasn't taken payment
Hi We are paying a debt to csa and make a regular payment by direct debit. However they haven't taken the payment this month. I know csa is closing but I assumed payments would continue as normal and just be taken over by the new system? Thanks in advance
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Are the csa taking into account the new government rules about rental income?
Hello Will the csa/cms calculate income from rental income on the total amount minus the mortgage or as the new rules dictate - rental income on its own with no mortgage interest taken into account? If so us landlords are all going to look more wealthy and our payments could go up. Is this the case does anyone know? Many…
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NRP rental income and avoidance
I have recently found out that my ex partner has been earning additional income through renting out one of his properties (And strongly suspect that he has been doing so for the last 5 years). If I am able to prove this, can the cms (or small claims court if that is a road I would need to go down) back date this income to…
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When does csa switch?
I’m asking for my brother he currently pays monthly csa payments but hasn’t had any information about it being closed, when is this meant to happen by? I’ve read it should have been the end of 2017. Thanks
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What can i claim
Hi all, Me and my wife are hopefully going to be trying for our first child soon and was wondering which benefits we would be able to claim. I have tried to look on different sites but its all very complicated and so many scenarios! I know we could claim Child Benefit but unsure what else. When the baby arrives she would…
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Delay in telling HMRC about Ofsted status...
Our nanny has finally got Ofsted registration so we can pay her using Tax Free Childcare (not her fault it has taken since May 2018- Ofstead have been SO slow). But, it turns out there is a delay in Ofsted telling HMRC about her Ofstead registration, and until they have done that, HMRC won't let her register as a childcare…
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CSA Help with foreign income and Child support law-does anyone know...
Hi all, I am stumped and don't think I would find it if it was waving at me. Does anyone know where to find the legislation in the Child Support Act or Regulations that state a NRP's income can only be used by the CSA if it is taxable? Or that the NRP should be employed/self employed in UK and subject to UK tax laws for…
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Help needed with liability orders and enforcement...does anyone know...
Hello everyone, I am new to this forum but not new to the csa-unfortunately. I have a few questions to fact check, that's if anyone knows the answers and in return I will see if I can help anyone from my own knowledge of the csa. Am I correct in thinking that a liability order granted for the csa, whether it be in 2001 or…
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CSA and University
Hi folks My child has now started University. I've read that Child Benefit should stop at this point and that this will stop the CSA payments automatically. Does this work for older cases? In my experience of dealing with the CSA in its many guises nothing ever works as it should. I've not had any correspondence in a…
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Ex won't accept old sca arrears in full
Hi I'm new to this so bare with me, to cut a long story short, I'm on the new Cms paying direct to the mother of my child, and got a letter to say I had arrears of 1200, iv offered to pay the balance in full and she would rather have the extra every month, can she do this. I'd rather pay the balance outstanding in one go…
