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PWC lying about income & housing costs (Old scheme)
csa_monitor
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Hi, I've got a strange one and wondered whether I could have people's opinion.
I have spent the last few weeks combing through the Data records and case notes of a friend of mine. The background is a little complicated but the upshot is it looks like the PWC has been lying about their income and housing costs since 1999 ie overstating their income and understating their housing costs.
The CSA case opened in 1999. When I looked at his divource court case notes I found a copy of a letter from the PWC's employer in 1999 stating that the PWC's salary would be reduced as their hours have reduced by nearly half (this is after the CSA case started). However when I looked at the next CSA reassessment, the PWC's net income was higher than the gross amount stated in the employer's letter; and in every re-assessment since then the housing cost has not changed since 1999 and the PWC net income has always been higher than the gross stated in the PWC's employer letter (the net income has decreased by about £4 from 1999 to present)
Now some would say their loss but the thing is there is a financial consent order (made in 2000) which says the NRP has to pay X amount per month with credit given to the amount they pay via the CSA.
The NRP has always suspected that the CSA calcs are not correct but don't really understand it (surprise surprise) so he has saved the difference between the CSA payments and what the court says he should pay the PWC.
He wants to pay but at the same time is terrified that if he pays the PWC, the CSA will then come back to him at some time in the future and say that errors exist on the case and he has arrears and so end up paying twice!.
What would you do / advise him to do?
Please vote in the poll and leave a comment
PS. For those not familiar with the old scheme calculation, instead of a straight % of the NRP income, the CSA looks at the income and housing costs of both NRP and PWC to decide how much a NRP should pay in child support. So having correct figures for the PWC income and housing costs is really crucial
I have spent the last few weeks combing through the Data records and case notes of a friend of mine. The background is a little complicated but the upshot is it looks like the PWC has been lying about their income and housing costs since 1999 ie overstating their income and understating their housing costs.
The CSA case opened in 1999. When I looked at his divource court case notes I found a copy of a letter from the PWC's employer in 1999 stating that the PWC's salary would be reduced as their hours have reduced by nearly half (this is after the CSA case started). However when I looked at the next CSA reassessment, the PWC's net income was higher than the gross amount stated in the employer's letter; and in every re-assessment since then the housing cost has not changed since 1999 and the PWC net income has always been higher than the gross stated in the PWC's employer letter (the net income has decreased by about £4 from 1999 to present)
Now some would say their loss but the thing is there is a financial consent order (made in 2000) which says the NRP has to pay X amount per month with credit given to the amount they pay via the CSA.
The NRP has always suspected that the CSA calcs are not correct but don't really understand it (surprise surprise) so he has saved the difference between the CSA payments and what the court says he should pay the PWC.
He wants to pay but at the same time is terrified that if he pays the PWC, the CSA will then come back to him at some time in the future and say that errors exist on the case and he has arrears and so end up paying twice!.
What would you do / advise him to do?
Please vote in the poll and leave a comment
PS. For those not familiar with the old scheme calculation, instead of a straight % of the NRP income, the CSA looks at the income and housing costs of both NRP and PWC to decide how much a NRP should pay in child support. So having correct figures for the PWC income and housing costs is really crucial
SEPT 2008 - The CSA is responsible for collecting money in 553,800 out of 1,247,100 cases. In 442,000 of these cases the Resident Parent is on Benefits and so apart from £10 each, the money paid by each Non-Resident Parent goes to the Government and not the Resident Parent. The CSA collected £68.6m. Is the Govt. erasing child proverty? You decide!
Given the circumstances, what advice would you give the NRP? 5 votes
Give the PWC the difference (marking the Standing Order "Child Support")
0%
0 votes
Complain to CSA about PWC lying (flagging as Official error) and see what happens
20%
1 vote
Complain to CSA about PWC lying AND put the NRP's CSA account in credit
40%
2 votes
Do nothing
40%
2 votes
0
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any comments from anyone? any more votes?
This is a really tough one and I'm not too sure what to say to NRPSEPT 2008 - The CSA is responsible for collecting money in 553,800 out of 1,247,100 cases. In 442,000 of these cases the Resident Parent is on Benefits and so apart from £10 each, the money paid by each Non-Resident Parent goes to the Government and not the Resident Parent. The CSA collected £68.6m. Is the Govt. erasing child proverty? You decide!0
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