hOw to calculate maintenance on old CSA1 basis?

officeboy

Could anyone help and let me know if there is an online calculator for working out how much Child Support I would have to pay under the old system as I have been paying the same amount to my ex-wife for years and I have just received a letter asking for the current income of myself/wife/household and I wondered if the monthly payment is going to change much.

My wife has a part time job and receives some child support for her 2 kids from her first marriage and I don't know whether that will effect how much I will need to pay. Also, does child benefit get taken into account as income?

Our mortgage is higher than my net salary so I assume only half the mortgage cost would count as my expense?

We also have one child from our marriage.

The CSA site only seems to show the new calculation and so I don't really know where we stand and have been searching on internet and can only find vague explanations rather than a calculation. My ex wife doesn't work so that part of the calculation looks simple!

If we took just my net income less the mortgage I would have no income.
If we took just my income less half the mortgage/council tax I have about £1,000 per month.
If we took both our salaries plus my wife's child support there is about £1,700 per month
These figures don't include child benefit...

Thanks

kelloggs36

As you have a child with your new partner, your housing costs will not be capped, ie you will get the full amount offset against your income which will result in a NIL assessment if your income is less than your housing costs.

Your ex may then apply for a departure to see if your partner can pay towards those housing costs thus freeing up some of your money to be used in the assessment.

Child benefit is only used when calculating the total household income, it isn't used to assess you with.

Initially it will be nil, so all the other questions then become irrelevant, but they may become relevant if your ex should apply for the departure. PM me if you want a full scenario breakdown.