Reassessment

65jona

I am currently on the old CSA scheme and soon I will stop paying for one of my children and thus only have to pay for one. I have been told by the CSA that I will be reassessed at this time. Does this mean in theory I should pay 50% less than what I am paying now or does it not matter how many children you are paying for on the old scheme and thus they can take up to 30% of my disposable income. I have been told by the CSA I cannot go on the new scheme unless my childrens mum says so. Sounds very unfair to me.

shell_542

You are thinking right. The child no longer being a qualified child does not mean you will suddenly pay 50% less. Even if you were on the new rules, it would only be a 5% reduction, as you would go from paying 20% to 15%.

The calculations on CSA1 are very confusing so it would be difficult to work out exactly how much the assessment will change by. A poster on the forums knows how to do them though as it used to be her job. Kelloggs is the username, maybe she'll spot this or you could message her to see if she could do some calculations for you (if she has the time).

kelloggs36

It is impossible to say what will happen without knowing how your assessment worked out last time - if you paid the full amount of child support, ie did not get a reduction due to protected income figures, then it will likely go down, but if you paid less than the notional assessment, then it may not - it could go up too depending on your income now compared to when it was done last time. I can give you an idea if you PM me your details.

65jona

Many thanks Kelloggs36, I have PM'd you.

Kimitatsu

Jona

When you get the reassessment then please check it - we too are on the old system and have had the same situation as you. THe first assessment came and was completely wrong, so I put in the right figures for it and we went down by almost another £100 a month :eek:

Because there are so few (now) advisers trained in the old system, we found it easier to do everythng by email as it got to the right desk quicker - tried telephoning and were promised a call back 4 times, emailed and had a response within 2 days!!

You wont drop by 50% because they take the 30% notional figure and unless you prove that you cannot pay it that is what stands.