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Legal advice re: non-payment of child maintenance
NRP was unemployed paying £5 per week for 3 children. Had a letter out of the blue stating amount was going to be going up considerably, presumably because he was working. Was then told he had registered as self employed and earning £100 ish a week. No payment has been made since September 2017 and CMS have warned me that…
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Csa and mortgage payments
Hi after some advice please. Basically I split with husband 18mths ago. I left marital home with our 3 children as could not stay at house. Husband gambler and had police at door for various reasons. I private rent but am currently unemployed as I am my sons carer. I do receive benefits. My question is does my husband have…
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Where to go after CMS?
So my partner is the paying parent and we have been trying to get his case resolved with the CMS now since 2014. He has called and written several times but have received nothing back from them at all. Can anyone advise what the next step is above the CMS? Their complaints procedure says that you have to wait for their…
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Husband will be working abroad soon
How will this affect taxfree childcare ? I cant find any info and I loath to call them. please help?
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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…
