What does 15% of my salary pay for?

PlayingHardball

Gorgeous_George wrote: »

You don't really want me to answer what I spend 85% of my salary on do you?

I'd be happy to oblige but it's not very interesting.

GG

Go for it, but in the meantime, include all accounts of what the PWC pays for in her/his 15% of your contribution That, and only that, will give all forum users a true picture of your plight

marksoton

PlayingHardball wrote: »

All due respect Mark, as PWC, I tick all your above boxes, seems there are those of us out here with more in common than NRP care to admit, you included.
You are in the minority. And thats not my imagination it's fact.
Yup, I/we started again with nothing, yup, on going mortgage payments, yup...want to provide suitable accomodation and yup, do NOT want anyone else to pay for it, ie. the state/taxpayers. and finally.....
Whether you wish to have the state pay or not they do. As PWC you would have to go out of your way to not receive state "help".
Yup.....I give 100% of my income, and quite gladly. Hence the question of what do NRP do with 85%? I'd be laughing if I only had to give 15%.
No you do not. A bit naive of you to claim you do if i am honest.
Doesn't that make anyone think? We are not all money grabbers out here, we are all parents.
Indeed we are, and i would never claim the former.

The what does it pay for question will never be properly answered. But i think this thread proves that without a doubt some on both sides are living in cloud cuckoo land. :rotfl:

Gorgeous_George

PlayingHardball wrote: »

Go for it, but in the meantime, include all accounts of what the PWC pays for in her/his 15% of your contribution That, and only that, will give all forum users a true picture of your plight

No sorry, I'm lost. Maybe it's the bottle of red wine (bought with Tesco doubled up clubcard vouchers and attracting 150+ new points - top tip from MSE )

Just a reminder - I am happy to pay 15%. I just wanted to see what people thought it was meant to be used for. In my case, it is used for my ex-wife's horses. Very little is spent on my boy. Now it helps her to run two rented homes while letting their own house.

If I'd been asked for more I would have considered it if she discussed it with me. But she chose the CSA route. No worries.

GG

PlayingHardball

I am parent with care, and can assure you I do not receive 'state help' as I have chosen not to, I'd rather stand on my own two feet and support myself and my child. What are you on about? Not being naive, I truly do not claim, work full time, pay my taxes, what on earth are you on about?

chriszzz

Gorgeous_George wrote: »

Hi

I accept that (for one child) the CSA guidelines state that the NRP should/must pay 15% of his/her income as child support. I am interested in your views as to what this money pays for (in my case it pays for horses but that's another story!).

What does the PWC pay for that the NRP doesn't pay for?

GG

Hi,
Who knows what it really pays for?? They say csa is about children not living in poverty and finding absent parents to contribute to their childrens up-keeping.
I believe that fathers do have a finacial responsibility to help raise their own children but i also believe this country havent got a clue how to work it out.
I could be in the same situation as yr ex, but my ex is unemployed! I work full-time and claim family tax credits, yr ex cud be on par with me and yet she may get for eg an extra £200 a month maintenance from her ex partner (which wud be you), whereas I would have a £200 disadvantage, so the matter of children not living in poverty thats only for some children.
What am trying to say is that, if its true that its about children not living in poverty then why dont they give me the difference of £200 a month so that my child has a better finacial life and give me in incentive to carry on working full-time to help my son and I finacially??
I do believe men have a rough time when they split, but they should always pay for their children, the country need to get it right and get it fair.

PlayingHardball

I have my own reason for working full time, I don't need anyone or anything to give me an 'incentive'. If you have children, you will do whatever it takes, goodness, isn't that incentive enough?

PlayingHardball

Gorgeous_George wrote: »

No sorry, I'm lost. Maybe it's the bottle of red wine (bought with Tesco doubled up clubcard vouchers and attracting 150+ new points - top tip from MSE )

Just a reminder - I am happy to pay 15%. I just wanted to see what people thought it was meant to be used for. In my case, it is used for my ex-wife's horses. Very little is spent on my boy. Now it helps her to run two rented homes while letting their own house.

If I'd been asked for more I would have considered it if she discussed it with me. But she chose the CSA route. No worries.

GG

LOL George, missed that wine deal! Should pay more attention to Martins money tips

susan1105

George people have different situations. My childrens father left me to maintain our house and car and thankfully has never asked me what I spend the money the money he gives me as I would find that degrading. As the boys father he knows what activities they do and what most of household expenses are.

The NRP gives me a 33% of his weekly wage and he has his TA wages which I did not ask for any of that as I thought that would give him some funds to do things with the kids.

I have a 8 year old and twin 3 year olds.

marksoton

PlayingHardball wrote: »

I am parent with care, and can assure you I do not receive 'state help' as I have chosen not to, I'd rather stand on my own two feet and support myself and my child. What are you on about? Not being naive, I truly do not claim, work full time, pay my taxes, what on earth are you on about?

Do you receive tax credits and child benefit ?

PlayingHardball

As PWC of child, I receive child benefit, no tax credits. That is not 'making the state pay' in my opinion as it is a benefit for all children, whether parents are divorced, separated or in 2 parent homes. My statement was to make a point that not all PWC live off the state and their poor ex's.

The OP question is what does 15% pay for. My answer is 'not alot'. In my circumstance I pay 100% of my net take home towards the day to day needs of my child. That isn't naive, it is fact. You are not qualified to say whether I am in the minority or the majority in doing this, you obviously think everyone is like you and your ex. Not so.