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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…
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30hrs free- what is a year?
I need to know if the £100000 limit is per calendar year,financial year or school year. I can’t find this confirmed anywhere. Thank you
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Childcare vouchers or Tax free childcare
Hi all, Not sure if I am posting this in the right place or if there is a thread on this already but here it goes. I have been looking at both options but I’m still unclear which will be the better option for me and my partners situation. We are looking to place our child into childcare for two days a week so looking at…
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Moving jobs where new job does not offer Childcare Vouchers
Hi all, I am moving jobs where my old job had childcare vouchers through EdenRed but the new job does not support childcare vouchers. I left my old job on the 19th and started the new one on the 20th of December. I've applied for the tax free child-care, but how does it work if you've already spent some of the year with…
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Claiming expenses through CMS
Hi im new to CMS, to cut along story short my ex wife stop me from seeing my kids, untill i went through CMS, even though i paid her with out fail, it turns out they wanted another £20 more off me, my trouble is she was expecting more, she live other side of the country and refuses to meet me, so at weekend i do 460 miles…
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Issues contacting CMS
Is anyone else having issues trying to contact CMS by telephone today? There is a recorded message saying they are unable to take the call due to exceptional circumstances but I cannot find anything on the internet about why.
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Children in part time work and part time education
I’m currently paying CM through a mutual agreement. I paid csa for 16 years without fail. My kids are 17 & 19 both part time at college and both doing part time work. I’ve suggested to the ex that I should reduce the payments as they are both working part time but she has threatened to go back to the csa to reinsert the…
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Custody of children through court
My ex has now decided to stop me from seeing my kids, as i said i cant afford to have them twice this month due to xmas and his birthday coming up, she pretty much said obvouisly your not bothered about them. I am but i needed to get them birthday and xmas presents too. So not only has she stop me seeing them, cut me off…
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csa arrear problems
hi apologies for the long post ex and I have 2 girls, we were together for nearly 8 years, near the end of our relationship ex had become very aggressive towards myself and the children, once we had split I had the girls for the weekend when my daughter told me that mum had hurt her and sister, she showed me bruising and…
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Can boyfriends ex take money from my wage as child matinence?
Hello. I'm really confused at the moment. Boyfriend currently works, but is getting made redundant. He will be able to claim contributions based job seekers for 6 months, by then our baby will have been born and he is becoming a stay at home dad. I work in a school as a teaching assistant, very low wage, don't even come…
