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Sponsor a child - which site is best
If you are thinking of sponsoring a child then please consider sponsoring them directly, where all your donations will be going to cover child's basic needs and their education. You can create a great relationship with the children and the orphanage founders, find out what they need and get the first-hand information. I've…
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Maintainance when student and self employed
Hi, I'm just looking for a bit of help as I'm finding conflicting or no specific information to this situation. I'm self employed (sole trader) but later this year will be a full time student but still registered as self employed as I will need to do some work to survive whilst studying. In this situation how does CSA…
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Self employment...this is new
So, the ex's limited company was struck off....he's now got a shiny new website which claims he is a 'not for profit organisation'. Can he do this? I mean, legally, without any kind of...I don't know, legality (like a charity number)? Presumably even if he's 'not for profit' the HMRC and/or CSA can ask pertinent questions…
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Re csa
My oh has a 19 yr old daughter, she has just completed college and has decided to do another year. She also works pt in a hairdressers. Cos of her age she now has to pay for her course herself, what is the impact on payments if any, Thanks for any advice
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Child Benefit and CSA – Judicial Review
I am progressing matters beyond the ICE and PHSO who have failed to properly acknowledge the injustice of a decision by the CSA to base their award on who was in receipt of child benefit, following the relocation of the child. The result was that I was denied my right to claim child support for a year. I am looking for…
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DEO to standing order
I volunteered to pay CSA by standing order as soon as they made contact with me. I've just wrote to them requesting a change to standing order but from what I've read it sounds like they are probably going to refuse it!! Has anybody got any recent experience of this? My payment record is perfect.
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New CSA scheme confusion
Hi, could anyone offer me some advice please? I am the NRP to 4 children. When I separated from my ex in 2007 she called up the CSA who then contacted me, I sent them payslips & they set the amount payable to my ex. I pay her by standing order direct to her account every month. When my salary changes I send the new…
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Why is ex taking me to court and not the CSA?
I've recently received a letter from the HM Courts & Tribunal Service, MCOL (money claim online) with a claim for unpaid CSA payments from my ex. The amount contained within the claim is incorrect and vastly exaggerated. I only had 14 days to reply and contacted the CSA immediately regarding the matter and I have this…
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CSA Payments and Housing Benefit
Hi Can anyone confirm if CSA payments are taken into consideration when calculating housing benefit payments. Or are the payments disregarded? Scenario is, friend has settled into a property, she works part-time and receives about 60% of her rent in HB payments. Her ex is incredible - he just won't pay any money. I've told…
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Reducing the amount I pay on my arrears
Is it possible for my to reduce how much I pay back on my CSA arrears, it has been to court and I offered to pay £30 a week but now I just can't afford it, can CSA change the amount or would it need to go back to court ?
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What happens now?
Im the nrp and my partner has just started work so i am not entitled to any JSA and have had too sign off and am looking after our child what happens next with the CSA? im on CSA2. Also i cant find a definitive anwser to this can they take any CTC or WTC Some people say yes some say no some say only if the PWC asks for…
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urgent csa help please x
Hi, I am writing on behalf of a friend who is in a somewhat difficult situation. He has separated from his ex partner with whom he has a 6 year old son, they separated a few years ago and since the split he has been actively paying child maintenance and was having the child stay over with him at weekends etc. He has proof…
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does anybody have the CSA standing order payment details please ?
Looking to change from direct debit to standing order for payment to CSA ,to feel more in control of payments,while we discuss 'arrears' ! Does anybody know the latest details,sort code & account number ? Thanks
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Change standing order amount
Ive just received a standing order form from the csa this includes the normal amount i have to pay + 15.00 pounds for arrears per week I cannot afford to pay the arrears back at a rate of £15.00 per week as this assessment has been made on £60 CTC which is the only income i could be assessed on as i don't have any other.…
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New CSA System Advice
Evening hope someone can help. I pay my csa payments to csa via direct debit always paid them without any issues. I have been in touch with the ex (pwc) who wants to keep things the way they are concerning payments despite the fees they seem to be introducing and more so for me the extra 20% hike on the amount I pay for…
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Just not paying
Hello. My daughters husband walked out of their marriage when one of their children was two years and the other was five weeks old. He was having an affair with a barmaid we found out afterwards and he is now openly living with her. He is self employed and claims to the new Child Maintenance Service that his earnings have…
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Csa help - how is it worked out?
Hi, Can someone help? My other half owns his own business and gets paid a basic wage plus dividends. His payslip has basic wage plus dividends but his P60 only has his basic wage. How does the CSA work out the weekly payments? do they use the payslips or P60?The CSA helpline said they just use the P60 but surely they need…
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Ex about to leave the army.
Hello all, My ex-husband is about to leave the army as a Sgt after 22 years. I know he will receive a large cash sum and of course a pension but I have no idea what the amounts will be. He told me that I "only had hold of his wallet" when he was in the army - I had to get the money deducted at source and even then he…
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CMS calculation and self employed
Does anyone know how you calculate your weekly income if your self employed ? Under CSA they took into account the previous years tax return .. is that still the case for the new system.
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Benifit help during pregnancy
Hello there, I have a situation that is hard to solve. We are having a baby in December 2014. Myself and my husband are living in a studio flat in London and the rent is £700 my husband's income is £18,000 and I am a fulltime student studying at uni. We've been told that we are not entitled to any housing benefits or any…
