Confused!!

highdigger

Hi. Im more of a lurker I must admit, but my brain is feeling jelly-like with trying to get an answer elsewhere.

I recieve money via CSA, so am obvioulsy a parent with care. I was receiving working tax credit, but this stopped last August when my partner moved in. Due to this, the CSA are now doing a reassessment of the case. Will this mean that I will have been overpaid? and may have to repay? When I ask them this, they just stick with the 'we're doing a reassessment due to information you have provided to us' and that's it.

If I've been overpaid, then totally fair, but I'm soo worried about having to repay a lumpsum amount. The info on the CSA website really only seems to focus on change of circumstances for NRPs.

DUTR

highdigger wrote: »

Hi. Im more of a lurker I must admit, but my brain is feeling jelly-like with trying to get an answer elsewhere.

I recieve money via CSA, so am obvioulsy a parent with care. I was receiving working tax credit, but this stopped last August when my partner moved in. Due to this, the CSA are now doing a reassessment of the case. Will this mean that I will have been overpaid? and may have to repay? When I ask them this, they just stick with the 'we're doing a reassessment due to information you have provided to us' and that's it.

If I've been overpaid, then totally fair, but I'm soo worried about having to repay a lumpsum amount. The info on the CSA website really only seems to focus on change of circumstances for NRPs.

Your partner moving in wouldn't affect your csa reciepts, however the partner moving in or the reciept of CS may affect your WTC or other income based monies, saying that if you are on the older CSA1 scheme then the circumstances may affect the CSA assesment.

bdt1

Assuming you are on CS1, Kelloggs best to advise you. I'm sure that as a PWC your incme whilst on WTC cannot be used in the assessment, not sure about CTC, or income from employment though, once you no longer eligible for WTC.

iluvfreebies

Working tax payments do not take into account so no worries on that frount
in the event of your assessment decreasing any arrears will be cleared 1st and then providing the case is still active future payments will be reduced until the overpayment has been recovered - this is called a reg10

hth

kelloggs36

Under CS1 if you have children with your partner, it would impact on your exempt income which may mean that your child support goes down a bit. Also, if your ex applies for a departure on the grounds that your new partner can contribute towards housing costs, it could go down further. You have a choice to leave it and take that risk or close the case, wait 13 weeks and reapply under CS2 rules.

highdigger

I don't have children with my new partner. It was just that with our combined incomes, it put us above the threshold for recieving WTC. I presume I'm on CSA1 - the old scheme, as the original claim was pre 2003.

Thank you for taking the time to reply:)

kelloggs36

As you don't have children with your new partner, then it won't affect your CSA payments.