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CSA to CMS arrears confusion
Okay, here goes. Child no longer qualifies for maintenance. Received a CSA letter about arrears of £3500. I said I could pay £2000. They said fine if resident parent agreed The resident parent didn't respond to any communications from the CSA. I haven't any contact details for her. CSA said not much they can do especially…
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Child maintenance service - confused!
Hi I am so confused. My partner pays his ex wife maintenance every month and has since they split. He signed the house over to her and she kept the car that he still pays for this was agreed as part payment for the maintenance. Anyway god only knows why but she went to the CMS who sent him a letter stating what his wages…
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Extra costs claimed
So my husband is a fantastic dad. He pays a huge amount of child support for his four kids and sees them every other weekend when they stay with us. He also pays towards school trips etc. His eldest daughter is 17 years old, and has disowned him for various reasons and has refused to visit for the last four months. The ex…
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Ex Diversion of Income through pension and Salary Sacrifice
Hi All, My ex is a financial advisor very shrewd about his pension. The last five years or so my Child Maintenance has reduced further (by £100 2 years ago, then an further £100 recently). I am convinced he is purposefully reducing his relevant earnings through salary sacrifice but the CSA (and now the CMS) don't seem…
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30hrs child care and earnings of £100,000
Hello, I am aware that if you have taxable income of £100,000 or more you are not eligible: For rental income, it is the full rent, or ther amount subject to tax What happens if earnings are generally below £100,000,but a bonus pushes the income above £100,000. Will the full child care payment be clawed back? Also, their…
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30 hour childcare for Self employed
Hi everyone, It's my first time posting in this group, I hope I've posted in the correct place. Can anyone help me.. I'm self employed, online seller, work from home, work over 20 hours a week. I've been self employed over 12 months now, last year I took £17,000 but my business made a loss as purchased a website, computer…
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CSA taken out of wage moving to CMS
I currently have CSA payments coming out of my wage from a court order. CMS wrote to me to say it was changing to them on the 20th September. They wrote to me today with suggested payments with figures they got from HMRC until I contact them. I've noticed though CSA payments will be coming out of my wage on the 27th…
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Csa
I'm just woundering if any one can help my partner son started apprenticeship doing 21 hrs a week and earning 30 pounds a week, would my partner still have to pay csa we've tried contacting child maintenance it's like talking to a brick wall there saying cause he hasn't got his password or 7 digit number they can't go no…
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Child Maintenance Arrears
I received a letter from the Child Maintenance service team informing me my ex owes £17247 me from previous child maintenance scheme. I've rang them today to ask if they have any powers to retrieve any of the arrears. I informed them that he still has a house in this country, which he said he owned but it could be rented…
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30 hours free childcare charging lunch cover
My son has started nursery school. We get the 30 hours free childcare and he attends for 3 days a week. He does from 8:30am to 3:00pm with half an hour for lunch. We have been invoiced today for £2.50 per day for half an hours 'lunch cover'. He takes a packed lunch so we aren't paying for a hot meal. Is this standard…
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Apprenticeship quit
We're in the process of trying to close down our case with CMS as partners child started a paid apprenticeship in August. But CMS are unable to get in contact with the ex to confirm the details of the apprenticeship. My question is, what would happen if his child quit the apprenticeship and decided to go to college, would…
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Private preschool unfair fees
Hello I am currently availing 30 hours funding for my 3yrs old. She is attending private preschool and we paid one month fees and also gave one month notice to discontinue from that nursery. We were shocked as they asked us to make full payment which is £640 for a month, as they cannot claim her funds for she is not there…
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Arrears! Csa
Omfg!! Just had shock of our lives!! Csa informed my husband he has £26k worth of unknown arrears!!!! !!!!!!?? After phone calls realise it's actually £5,900 Which is bad enough!! Seeing as it's their fault!? How can they get it so wrong??? 😱:mad:
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Avoiding child maintenance with CMS support!
Hi, Does anybody know if an ex husband can avoid paying child support even though the CMS has his tax returns from HMRC? The CMS have said that if HE doesn't give them the information then he is not liable even though they know his income. He declared an income of 0.01p for the previous financial year!! Yes a whole 1p…
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Diversion of Income
I would like some advice please form anyone in a similar situation. Under the CSA I used to receive £150 per calendar month. Under the new CMS arrangement the calculation has gone to a flat rate of £7 per week / £30 per calendar month as the paying parents income via the HMRC has been declared at £65 per week. The paying…
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CMS - Company Car
I was paying my ex via standing order, no issues at all. Few months back I received a letter stating I had to pay well over £400 per month more! (This has since been reduced greatly taking into account overnight stays and another child I have). I am still in dispute with them, mainly due to them calculating my income.…
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MSE News: Government childcare website dogged by technical issues continues to cause
Users are still having technical problems with government childcare websites two weeks after MSE first reported it...Read the full story: 'Government childcare website dogged by technical issues continues to cause problems for parents' Click reply below to discuss. If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply. If you…
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Tax Free Childcare
Hello! Has anyone successfully applied for the government tax free childcare scheme that launched in April? For four months now my account has been sitting at the point where it says that my application is being considered but apart from that I have heard nothing!! I have read an article today which suggests that…
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Payments Query
I pay through the CSA each month and have done for some time, I do still pay for school uniforms, day trips/holidays etc. Obviously saying no to the children has it pitfalls and isn't easy, its pretty much a no win situation. I wondered if with proof (bank transfers) i could claim back the extras I have and still am…
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Ex has stopped paying child maintenance.
... well, he stopped in March actually, but we haven't had a penny since. He was violent and abusive while we were together, he left me, I'm trying to divorce him but he's ignored the petition(s), he's seen the children twice in four months and now doesn't pay. The child maintenance service had just put a Detachment of…
