CAN the CSA use CTC when working out an assessment?

kelloggs36

Not really, as the child belongs to both parents and is not the sole responsibility of either of them. The PWC is deemed to be contributing by virtue of the fact that they are looking after the child and provides for them regardless of whether the NRP does or not. The NRP contributes according to a set fixed % of their income - so the less they earn, the less they pay. It can never be a perfect system, but it is as fair as it can be in that respect - they don't pay anything if they don't work at all but if they work then of course they must bear some of the costs.

**Patty**

I appreciate there can never be a *perfect* system Kelloggs but surely, in cases where the majority of the NRPs CTC is comprised of the disability element for his new partners child (from HER previous marriage) than how can that possibly be deemed as proper and correct and fair ??

It implies that the CSA thinks it is fair that a PWC should receive a share of that particular household's tax credits.

HMG cannot have it's cake and eat it. Either the disbalility premium is for the benefit of the disabled child/family of the disabled child or it isn't. :rolleyes:

kelloggs36

I agree the system isn't perfect but we have to live with what is in place whether we like it or not - changes have been made under C-MEC so it isn't as though the Govt haven't totally ignored the suggestions made by others on how to improve the system.

Soubrette

**Patty** wrote: »

HMG cannot have it's cake and eat it. Either the disbalility premium is for the benefit of the disabled child/family of the disabled child or it isn't. :rolleyes:

They do in lots of cases, my husband is Canadian and until recently did not have recourse to the public purse. That means he cannot claim for any benefits UNLESS they are benefits that I would normally claim and his income reduces them - those claims have to be joint claims. So if he were in need of benefits then tough luck, if I were in need of benefits then his income is taken into account and my benefits will be reduced (I actually agree with this though )

Also some incapacity benefits are reduced pound for pound when child benefit is increased - someone was posting about this some months ago - she was asking, perfectly reasonably why incapacity benefit (which is supposed to be for her benefit) reduces as child benefit (which is supposed to be for the child's benefit) increases. It's because HMG deems it household income on one hand but targeted benefits on the other.

My ex is a director of a limited company - a proportion to all of his income could be deemed as direct income ie HMG assume he is an employee of an external company not his own ltd company, he is liable for all employers tax though ie HMG assume he is an employer, if he is unemployed he cannot sign on for a certain amount of time ie HMG assume he is self employed. All this on exactly the same income stream.

HMG ALWAYS want their cake and eat it and often end up doing just that - not just in the CSA field.

Sou