2007 assessment

borders_dude

I got a letter this week from the CSA.

Basically whilst going through my records when responding to a request from the ICE they have discovered that at the request of the PWC a reassesmetn was to be carried out. That was in March 2007 but this was never actioned by the CSA.

They are now actioning it for the period March 2007 to July 2008. In July 2008 at my request a re-assessment was carried out.

Now I have lodged my complaint which I will pursure vigourously as I have done before.

However, Do the CSA still have the legal right to carry out a reassessment for the period March 2007 to July 2008 even though we are now in 2010?

kelloggs36

Yes I'm afraid they do - it was an error that they didn't but that does not mean that any potential arrears you may have accrued won't be chargeable to you. However it it goes down, you will owe less as you will have overpaid.

CSA_Help

borders_dude wrote: »

I got a letter this week from the CSA.

Basically whilst going through my records when responding to a request from the ICE they have discovered that at the request of the PWC a reassesmetn was to be carried out. That was in March 2007 but this was never actioned by the CSA.

They are now actioning it for the period March 2007 to July 2008. In July 2008 at my request a re-assessment was carried out.

Now I have lodged my complaint which I will pursure vigourously as I have done before.

However, Do the CSA still have the legal right to carry out a reassessment for the period March 2007 to July 2008 even though we are now in 2010?

Yes they done it with me and backdated the assessment 2 years Another abuse of power

Debicj

Kelloggs is right. The same thing happened with my case. I'm the PWC and I requested a reassessment in 2003. It wasn't done until 2008 because the CSA didn't take any notice of my request despite recording it in their records. This meant that because the NRP had only made minimal payments but should have been paying much more, substantial arrears came about. There has since been an ongoing battle with appeal after appeal due to various issues, so it has taken some time to sort out, and the actual arrears figure still isn't finalised.

I would suggest you prepare yourself for having some arrears if your income has gone up since the last assessment, or perhaps as Kelloggs said, if the reassessment is for a smaller amount, you may be owed something as you may have overpaid.

RedSky

Do the DP files for an NRP show the dates that a PWC requested a reassessment?
Should all NRPs be routinely checking their DP files to make sure there are minimal surprises in years to come from such CSA errors?
Is it correct to assume a past CSA missed reassessment will only be actioned if the difference is 5%?

borders_dude

Thanks for the info Kelloggs.

During the period they are assessing me I was earning about 15 per week more than when they assessed me prior to that period, so atleast arears are going to be minimal.

kelloggs36

RedSky wrote: »

Do the DP files for an NRP show the dates that a PWC requested a reassessment?
Should all NRPs be routinely checking their DP files to make sure there are minimal surprises in years to come from such CSA errors?
Is it correct to assume a past CSA missed reassessment will only be actioned if the difference is 5%?

True, but it may have been missed also; they will do it but then say that nothing changes due to the 5% rule.