Can anyone offer advice?

charlie84

My husband currently pays csa through his wages for his son from a previous marriage.

My husband also recieves a War disablement pension does the csa count this as income as we have contacted them about this several times now but are getting no where as none of the csa staff seem to know the answer

mrsspendalot

charlie84 wrote: »

My husband currently pays csa through his wages for his son from a previous marriage.

My husband also recieves a War disablement pension does the csa count this as income as we have contacted them about this several times now but are getting no where as none of the csa staff seem to know the answer

According to the CSA calculator, the war disablement pension is classed as a benefit, so being in receipt of this benefit means your husband should pay the flat rate of £5 per week

The flat rate of child maintenance is £5 a week - no matter how many children are involved.
The non-resident parent pays a flat rate for child maintenance if:

• their net weekly income is between £5 and £100, or
• they or their partner who they live with gets Income Support, income-based Jobseeker's Allowance, income based Employment and Support Allowance or Pension Credit, or
• they are getting one of the following benefits:
  • contribution-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
  • State Retirement Pension
  • Incapacity Benefit
  • Carer's Allowance
  • Widowed Mother’s Allowance, Widowed Parent's Allowance, Widow's Pension
  • Severe Disablement Allowance
  • Industrial Injuries Benefit
  • Maternity Allowance
  • a training allowance approved by the Department for Work and Pensions
  • Armed Forces Compensation Scheme payments
  • a War Disablement or War Widow’s Pension
  • Bereavement Allowance
  • a social security benefit paid by a country outside the United Kingdom.

http://www.csa.gov.uk/en/setup/benefit-income.asp

So how they will treat this in relation to wages received on top I don't know?

charlie84

Thanks for the reply. He is going to phone them again tomorrow.

kelloggs36

However, if he works full time, he would have to pay based on those wages.

CSA_Help

Kellogs would interesting to see how that worked the other way.

PWC working and claiming a benefit.

kelloggs36

under CS1 if PWC was working and claiming working tax credits then it would be ignored - not fair I know.

CSA_Help

kelloggs36 wrote: »

under CS1 if PWC was working and claiming working tax credits then it would be ignored - not fair I know.

No not tax credits

cant see any reference to this in their joke books