CSA Please can anyone advise

LizzieS_2

vicster933 wrote: »

Hi

Husband has daughter who is 14 and we have 2 sons. we have to pay £239.00 under the csa1 as of now following a 4 year nil assessment. After the birth of our first son.

I have not disclosed my income so they based it my husband alone. I was told by them I need to be earning less £250.00 a month then I am now in order for it to return to a nil balance.

Now we rent a 2 bed place with the boys sharing in order to save to buy a house. However ex wife is on housing benefit child has her own bedroom. I am shocked to learn that none of her benefits will be affects by this new amount.

So I am thinking, if we were to up our rent by £200.00 a month in order to have a 3 bed (boys have their own bedrooms) house would this bring the assessment back to a NIL balance.

I really need an opinion on this as I am not getting the answer from the csa.....

Thanks

Vic

When you do not disclose your income they often assume you can afford to pay towards rent. They can assume any amount though 50% is most likely.

If you increase your rent by £200 a month csa may assume 50% is paid by you. This would mean you would pay £200 extra rent and still have to pay £139 to ex.