need advice men

stuck30man

ive spilt from my wife got a job what pays 200 a week got to pay rent of 66.89 and council tax of 30.00 now csa take 80.00 per week i carnt afford to live on 20.00 per week. plus she dusnt even let me see my three kids any advice please.

karenx

According to the CSA calculator on their website you should be paying £50 per week.
CSA dont take into account debts and rent etc that you may have to pay.
Its just a straight forward 25% of your take home pay
Contact with the kids is a different matter and nothing to do with maintenance. It is paid regardless

atwitsend_2

OP, do you owe anything in arrears? If so, they can take upto 40% of your wage.

stuck30man

i must do because they taking 40 per cent of my wages. havent payed since june lasy year but that wasnt my fault.they were taking it from my last job.

atwitsend_2

You are meant to inform the CSA when you get a new job....

markeymark

you need to get an account breakdown asap, surely you must have known that you had to pay CSA each month??

kingfisherblue

You might be able to get halp with your rent and/or council tax. Assuming you live alone, you should get a 25% discount on your council tax anyway - if you don't, then contact you local council. This would give you a bit more money to live on.

But as others have said, you must have known that you should have been paying CM. If you did not inform the CSA of your change in employment, and did not keep up repayments, then they are entitled to take up to 40% of your net pay. This is made up of the 25% that you need to pay for three children, with the remainder going towards your arrears payment. You have a responsibility to inform the CSA of any changes (if using the CSA) and you have a responsibility to pay for your children, including any arrears.

Honest_broker07

on £200 a week shouldn't you be entitled to benefits - Working Tax Credit for starters. Possibly also housing benefit.

Can I suggest you ask on the benefit forums

ireneT

From what i can remember you have a set amount of protected income from your wages for paying bills, rent, mortgage, food ect, they cannot touch that as that would force you into debt, you should ask them to re assess you giving them a full breakdown of your living expenses and net income.

Kimitatsu

stuck30man wrote: »

ive spilt from my wife got a job what pays 200 a week got to pay rent of 66.89 and council tax of 30.00 now csa take 80.00 per week i carnt afford to live on 20.00 per week. plus she dusnt even let me see my three kids any advice please.

Why is it only men that can give this advice Not all NRP's are men, there are some women on here who dont have custody of their children!

As IreneT has said you have a protected income of £100 a week to live on (that would cover your rent and council tax payments) and then the CSA could take 40% of the remaining money. You need to contact them and ask them to re-assess the amount they are asking for, in the meantime I suggest that you pay them the £40 a week so that you do not accrue any further arrears.

Maintenance and contact are not linked so if you want to see your children you will have to gain a contact order through the courts, but given the level of your income you will probably be entitled to legal aid to do this.

Honest_broker07

Methinks OP should be gratefull to IRENET & Kimitatsu for some very good advice