CSA advice needed

oliviasmummy

Hi I'm looking for some advice for a friend of mine. She has a daughter and is seperated from the childs father and has been since the child was about 18months old. (bad split he left her for someone else) but they get on alot better now and fathers partner is okay. Anyway he has just started to make csa payments again after being made redundant for a few months and is still paying the same amount as what he did before. The question I have is can my friend query the payments with the csa if she believes that her ex is earning more than he is declaring. Reason being is that his previous job he took a £5,000 a year pay cut to move to where his new gf lived and was earning £185 a week, not sure whether this is after or before tax. (csa said this is what they calculate the payments from so dont know whether they look at wage before or after tax). Now he is a manager at his new job so surely on more than he was at a furniture store as a sales assistant. If My friend was to contact the csa would they investigate as she has recently found out they are buying a house and have got a mortgage. If he only earns £185 a week and his partner works one day a week as she is a student how would they get a mortgage on this amount for a 3bedroom house?. She doesnt want to cause agro for him or cause any problems but he is very deceitful and reluctant to pay or provide anything for his child this is the reason the csa now take the payments because one month he would pay then he wouldnt and say well I have to pay for this this month or car needs MOT etc. My friend has tried to get him to have regular contact with the child and for her to stay over but it is never good enough and he always wants everything on his terms if he wants to go out at the weekend he would happily not pick up his daughter it doesnt matter she is only 4he will say or he will specify a time to pick her up on a saturday usually around 2-3 o'clock in the afternoon so he can sleep in so then my sister has to stay at home or make sure she is back for him to pick up their little girl. She just wants him to take responsibility for their child that they both wanted but since the split he just doesnt seem to have any interest only if and when it suits him. I know its hard for my friend she works hard to provide a good home and life for her and her daughter, she never saw her dad when she was younger as he left her mum and didnt pay or see her from being 3years old. I think she is just worried thats what will happen to her daughter and it breaks her heart that history is repeating itself and doesnt want her daughter to grow up without her dad. She doesnt have a boyf or had one since they seperated she is very dedicated to just providing for her daughter and spends all her tiem and energy on her.

So could she query the payemnts with the csa and would they investigate to see if he was earning more than he was declaring.?

DX2

She could ask the csa to investigate.
From the CSA website:- If the non-resident parent seems to have a way of life associated with someone whose income is much higher than the income we used to work out child maintenance

oliviasmummy

Many thanks will have have another look on there couldnt see that before much appreicated

DX2

oliviasmummy wrote: »

Many thanks will have have another look on there couldnt see that before much appreicated

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alwaysonthego_2

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I am going to move this to the CSA sub-board where you should get more response to your query.

marksoton

There is no need for any investigation. Your friend simply needs to request a reassessment.

13Kent

On the system we are on (CSA1) some housing costs such as a mortgage payments will be included as part of his protected income so would reduce his income that would be taken into account for CSA payments.

Not sure if that is the case on newer systems although I'm sure others here could advise.

shell_542

No they're not Kent. Its a straight 15% of his net income as he has no new children with his new partner. The other posters have answered the OPs question though.

sarahx1

Does your friend know the name of the employer hes working for? If so the CSA can ring and find out his earnings and make a new assessment for her. Alternatively they can contact the Inland Revenue who will have his earnings and then make a new assessment. Ring CSA to tell them that he now has a higher paid job and either give employer details or ask them to contact the inland revenue. Am presuming he will fail to provide new earnings if he has not informed them already. They will back date his payments too.

marksoton

sarahx1 wrote: »

Does your friend know the name of the employer hes working for? If so the CSA can ring and find out his earnings and make a new assessment for her. Alternatively they can contact the Inland Revenue who will have his earnings and then make a new assessment. Ring CSA to tell them that he now has a higher paid job and either give employer details or ask them to contact the inland revenue. Am presuming he will fail to provide new earnings if he has not informed them already. They will back date his payments too.

If the NRP is earning more the increased payments will only apply from the date the PWC requests a reassessment.