Arrears

CSA_Help

CSA_Debt_Bod wrote: »

As Blob says though, some CSA case officers have no idea what they are doing and do not have a very good grasp of maths or much intelligence. I have seen a lot of cases where calculations have been done completeley wrongly and illegal deductions have been made as a result. This could be avoided if only managers would do checks on officers' work more often.

The managers are just as bad as the CO's as it quite apprent that they will stick ther name to anything .And as for the letters with the centre's manager at the bottom i would be embarrased to be that centre manager .

Maybe the high bosses should dip sample some of the difficult cases to highlight how many mistakes are made

CSA_Debt_Bod

Oops, I accidentally 'liked' this thread when I actually 'liked' CSA_Help's last post!

Some of the managers are terrible, career-mad crawlers sucking up to higher management, who don't really care if their staff are doing their job properly or legally as long as they are bringing in as much money as possible from NRPs.

kelloggs36

Your PI will have been the income support rate at the time in 1997, so it is impossible for them to have taken your full wages.

afraidof

Thanks for your reply Kellog i dont know what you mean by PI im sorry .My recollection is that for one month the Csa took all of my wages however at the time i had a bad addiction problem and so things are rather vague.They may have left me with a very small amount under 50 pounds.I had changed address a number of times and was recieving no paperwork off the csa .My own fault as i didnt inform them of my address.As i say i did a lot of stupid things back then and im not proud of myself.
I am back in uk to sort things out and want to face up to life now and stop running.
I am very worried about what my liability will have been whilst abroad and that i will be facing massive arrears for the 10years spent abroad,I realise i will have arrears to pay for the time before i went am just wondering how i could be asessed for the time spent out of the uk as i worked infrequently ,mostly low paid odd jobs.
If anyone has any ideas about this i would be most gratefull.
I am not looking for sympathy, ,just advice, its taken me years to beat my addiction problems and now ive come back to uk to sort out my life and face up to my reponsabilities.
Thanks

kelloggs36

protected income is PI. It looks like they left you with the income support rate as it was in 1997.
Did you inform the CSA that you were leaving the country? If not, then your arrears will have been accruing at the rate that the assessment was prior to you leaving.

afraidof

Thanks Kellogs
Unfortunately i did not let the csa know i was leaving the country however i think my ex may have.If the arrears have been accruing at the level i was assesed at before i left will i be able to appeal this?I appreciate your help
Thanks

kelloggs36

The best you coul ddo is to get it converted to a full assessment if it was an IMA (interim maintenance assessment).

afraidof

Thanks again.Im sorry to ask so many questions but if got an ima converted to a full assesment would this take into account my change of circumstances ie little or no income whilst abroad?
Thanks Again

kelloggs36

difficult to say as the case should have been closed at the time had they known - they may convert to the FMA based on the last income applicable before you left for abroad.

PlayingHardball

CSA_Debt_Bod wrote: »

If you had informed the CSA that you were moving abroad your case would have been closed, as the CSA have no jurisdiction when the NRP lives abroad (unless he works for a UK based company).

I don't know if they would close your case retrospectively going back to the date you moved abroad. You should ring and find out, with all the details and dates to hand. If the CSA closed your case retospectively this would wipe out a lot of your arrears, although I think they'd open a new case from the date that you moved back to the UK and you would have arrears on that case.

Hi CSA_Dept_Bod - just to correct you on the above bold point. CSA do have jurisdiction if the NRP has property in the UK or can be proven to be habitually resident in the UK. Most people at the CSA themselves don't seem to know this though! I have found this out the hard way.

I can confirm to the OP that CSA will open a new case from the time he returned to the UK if his ex informed them, requested them to.