CS1 Old rules: 3 children with PWC, 1 wants to live with NRP

Paul_1_3

Hi there,

I'm a NRP with a CS1 old rules case. The PWC has recently kicked out our eldest son who is now temporarily living with a friend.

Is anyone able to help me work out the effect on my CS1 assessment if my son comes to live with me? I'm planning to move house to accommodate him, but I can't work out what mortgage I can afford until I know what my re-assessment would be.

I have an Excel spreadsheet which I have been using for the calculation up to now. I can change the number of qualifying children in the spreadsheet from 3 to 2, but I don't know how to take account of the fact that I would have a dependant child living with me.

Any help would be much appreciated. I'm happy to provide a copy of my spreadsheet if necessary, which is a great help for checking CS1 assessments!

Thanks.

kelloggs36

I can do this - if you add in £57.57 as the allowance for the child in your household and £17.50 as the family premium and then continue with the rest as normal. HOwever, if you claim against the PWC then it will be a phased case as your case would be under CS2 rules - that makes calculating very much more complicated.

kelloggs36

Paul - have deleted some of my messages!