CSA calculations on 'commission' based earnings

redwards060685

:question:Hi, I am looking at approaching csa, but am not sure what earnings they will calculate their deductions on. My ex partner has a relatively low basic salary, which can be trebbled if not quadrupled depending on sales and therfore commission payments. There is not a single month which goes by whereby he doesn't recieve commission, however the amount fluctuates monthly. Would calcs be done on basic guaranteed salary only, or are his higher earnings taken into account? Any feedback grately appreciated.....:think:

CSA_Help

redwards060685 wrote: »

:question:Hi, I am looking at approaching csa, but am not sure what earnings they will calculate their deductions on. My ex partner has a relatively low basic salary, which can be trebbled if not quadrupled depending on sales and therfore commission payments. There is not a single month which goes by whereby he doesn't recieve commission, however the amount fluctuates monthly. Would calcs be done on basic guaranteed salary only, or are his higher earnings taken into account? Any feedback grately appreciated.....:think:

They should average it over 5 weeks or 2 monthly payslips and include commision.

redwards060685

CSA_Help wrote: »

They should average it over 5 weeks or 2 monthly payslips and include commision.

Thanks for the info..... Do you know if this would be reviewed quaterly for example, or at least frequently. How would they keep track of the varying salary???

CSA_Help

redwards060685 wrote: »

Thanks for the info..... Do you know if this would be reviewed quaterly for example, or at least frequently. How would they keep track of the varying salary???

I don't think they would but you could ask them to .Maybe someone else would be able to answer this better .

They could possibly treat him as self employed and pay an average of £30 pw till they get a true reflection of his salary

Blakey1982

Not quite sure what this means entirely but:
Taken from below csa website and under section N (net income)- http://www.csa.gov.uk/en/info/glossary.asp



Net Income

Net income is the weekly amount of income (usually pay or salary) left after taking off:

• income tax
• National Insurance
• half of any amount you pay into an occupational or personal pension. If the pension is set up to repay a mortgage, only 37.5% of the money paid into the pension scheme is taken away.

Income can also include certain benefits, tax credits and occupational or personal pensions. Bonuses and commission also count as pay or salary. We count Working Tax Credit as income if the non-resident parent’s earnings are higher than their partner’s earnings. If the non-resident parent and their partner’s earnings are the same, we include half of the Working Tax Credit in the child maintenance calculation. We don’t count Working Tax Credit as income if the non-resident parent earns less than their partner.
Net weekly income

The amount of income (usually pay or salary) left after taking off things like income tax, National Insurance and payments into a pension scheme. Bonuses and commission also count as pay or salary. We don’t normally count dividends paid to a director of a limited company, unless the parent with care asks us to do so.
We count Working Tax Credit as income if the non-resident parent’s earnings are higher than their partner’s earnings. If the non-resident parent and their partner’s earnings are the same, we include half of the Working Tax Credit in the child maintenance calculation. We don’t count Working Tax Credit as income if the non-resident parent earns less than their partner.

Donedoingdebt

redwards060685 wrote: »

Thanks for the info..... Do you know if this would be reviewed quaterly for example, or at least frequently. How would they keep track of the varying salary???

No, they won't automatically review his case and/or salary.

They used to go for a two year goal for reassessments but I believe this has now stopped.

Any reassessments or revisions will have to be requested by the PWC or NRP.