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Csa fraud
I need help and advice and I don't know who to turn to. My mother has once again put in a claim for my dad to pay her £600 a month for the one out of three children they have together. My mother is married to a considerably wealthy man who owns his own business, they live in a big !!!! off 6 bedroomed house and yet she…
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Splitting 30 hours entitlement between providers
Hi, My wife and I have been trying to benefit from the 30 hours of free childcare currently being offered by the Government (even though technically it's not the Government offering it, and that's the whole problem!). We're both freelance, but we're eligible to receive this support. Our son is 3 years old, turning 4 in…
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New parents entitlement
I am new to this. Hello guys. Myself and my partner have just had our first born. I earn £21500 and my partner earns £20000 Are we entitled to anything for the child (tax credits etc) Thank you
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Tax-Free Childcare Eligibilty
Hi I am trying to figure out if I can get the tax free childcare. My partner works full time and earns a modest wage. I work a few hours a week paid and volunteering. In total I earn below the £120 threshold but I work 16 hours a week. I cant find any info on whether voluntary works counts towards the 16 hours or not.…
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30hours Free childcare
Does anyone know if rental income can count towards the 120per week income threshold for the 30hours free childcare?I have a rental house with an income of about £590pcm (pre tax). I am planning on working although it will just be bank work so not guranteed and could vary greatly month to month. I just don’t want to be in…
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ESA and maintenance
Hi , anybody knows how CMS will calculate maintenance if paying parent from now stopped getting his ESA ? It is a bit confusing because actually he is still on ESA but gets 0 per week due to his occupational pension but DWP are still paying his NIN contributions and he has to provide them with medical certificates . He is…
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Tax credits...?
Hi everyone, Does the new CMS take tax credit into account? My son has decided I know longer suit his needs and that his dad can offer him all the things I can't (IE No rules!), it's more down to the fact that his dad wants a new house and more money! I don't work as I have another son who is from my current partner…
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old childcare voucher scheme idea. would it work?
Hi All I just been reading the blog about the childcare voucher change. https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/family/2018/02/want-childcare-vouchers-apply-now-to-make-sure-you-beat-the-april-deadline. My workplace offer this scheme and I have determined that the older scheme due to be scrapped would work better in our…
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Overpaid Maintenance
I brought my two children up as a single parent and received a pitiful amount of maintenance from my ex wife but now i have received a letter from the CSA saying i have been overpaid by over £400 and they want me to pay it back My youngest child was 20 in June 2017 and payments should have stopped on her 20th birthday but…
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Benefit from no salary sacrif. AND tax free ccare?
Hi folks, new here and I'm sure a similar question would have been asked before, but i'm having trouble finding a good answer. Everything I've seen seems to point to childcare vouchers (which we have at the moment) and tax free childcare being quite similar unless you're in quite specific circumstances. Is it right though…
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Tax credits and maintenance payments
Hi can someone please help me with this my ex-wife has said that the tax credits that she and her new husband get would affect his maintenance payments if one of the children came to live with me and I claim tax credits for them is that correct many thanks Eddie
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Court action for overpayment of Child Support
Hi, My ex is threatening to take me to small claims court to recoup overpayment of Child Maintenance. Situation is that my child left college course to complete next level of course on apprenticeship. I assumed this came under continued education and therefore didn't tel ex of the move. He continued to pay as I thought he…
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Tax Free Childcare - Maximum entitlement?
Hi Just paid my first ever tax free childcare payment following a transfer from Childcare vouchers. One question i had was that i understood the maximum entitlement per child was £500 per quarter (maybe that isnt correct), i.e £2k PA per child. Following my first payment i notice that the maximum entitlement left for this…
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Child maintenance overpayments
Hello I'am coming to the end of my tether with the CMS and wondered if anyone could help me? I lost my job last August and claimed benefits for a month after finding a new job. I signed off to a much lesser pay role but the CSM then continued to demand payments based on my previous job were I earnt 35% more. This has now…
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MSE News: Almost £1 million paid to parents who...
Almost £1 million has had to be paid manually to parents in place of Tax-Free Childcare payments they should have received automatically, since the Government scheme began in April last year...Read the full story: 'Almost £1 million paid to parents who couldn't access Tax-Free Childcare' Click reply below to discuss. If…
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The Shambles that is reconfirming 30 free hours!
Hi All, I know its been in the news about issues with the .gov website for reconfirming your 30 free hours of childcare. I had to call them on Monday as it wouldn't allow me to reconfirm because I use childcare vouchers. Anyway a helpfull lady on the end of the phone talked me through it and we got it sorted easily. I got…
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30hrs free childcare qualifying criteria - term time only
Hi, hoping someone can help here regarding 30hrs free childcare. I understand you need to earn £120 per week in order to qualify but what if you only work term time. Is £120 a week over a 44 week working period sufficient to qualify? I’m concerned the £120 per week mminimum may in reality mean you need to earn £6240 over…
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Mileage Deductions...??
Hi there, Can anyone tell me if the new child maintenance service take into account mileage? My children's dad has told me today that he can't afford £25 a week for our 13yr old (he earns £300 a week) cause he has to travel 128 miles there and back once a month, and claims that the child maintenance service has said he can…
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help with appeal process?
hi there, I have just entered into an appeal with the CMS regarding my ex partner giving false info about his circumstances. can anyone on hear tell me how the process works. has anyone here appealed? has anyone won an appeal or lost an appeal? thanks in advance for any replies.
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30 free hours reconfirmaton
Can anyone find anything that confirms the £100,000 threshold is based on the tax year rather than at the point of signing up/reconfirmation - at least this is what I was told when signing my child up for the 30 free hours. I guess we are in a unique situation in that my wife was recently made a partner (moving from a…
