CSA Claim

Mimi_Arc_en_ciel

Hi,

Wondered if anyone knew the answer to this.

Ex was paying money for DD (We sat together, with his p60 and decided how much maintainence he would pay - He's on £18k a year but past 7 years his p60 has always been above £25k due to guaranteed OT. )

He then met someone, she kicked off about how much money he was paying, he refused to pay any so i went through CSA

He works over time in the summer (Guaranteed) - CSA assessed the claim in Jan so no over time. He paid basic rate (Fair enough)

He moved in with gf, and asked CSA to reassess (to get the discount) but backfired on him as they assessed in the summer so took his OT into account

He's now married, and wife is due to give birth (twins) - His wife has said that CSA disregard 10% of his wage PER CHILD. is this correct?!

EDIT: I thought it was 10% first child then 5% any other.... so will they disregard 20% of his wage?

DUTR

Nope, 15, 20 25% from the assesable net pay for dependants living with the NRP, so your new contribution received will be 15% of his (net pay*0.8)

Mimi_Arc_en_ciel

Thanks!

One more quick Q - What happens if he doesnt report the childrens births to the CSA straight away? Will i have to back pay any maintainence that the CSA give me?

Would i be better off informing the CSA myself?

PreludeForTimeFeelers

Mimi_Arc_en_ciel wrote: »

Thanks!

One more quick Q - What happens if he doesnt report the childrens births to the CSA straight away? Will i have to back pay any maintainence that the CSA give me?

Would i be better off informing the CSA myself?

They can only take into account a change of circumstance like children in a household when they're notified, and that is when the reassessment would take effect from.

Cally_Smart

I can confirm those are the CSA rules.They wont allow claims for children in the nrp's family made afterwards.But because we didn't claim (we had a private arrangement with the pwc which she now denies!)We managed to go to a tribunal and get it backdated! They took some off the arrears(which we are contesting- so we are still having to pay back thousands we already paid the pwc!

wayne0

@Cally, know what you mean here: my advise to anybody with a CSA Case open is to always pay VIA the CSA - if they are involved,,, pay via them... the PWC only has to say that she hasnt had money paid, and its owed still... EVEN IF BANK STATEMENTS SHOW ITS BEEN PAID... (Sick eh...)

and OP:
I dont see what the problem is... if Ex reported change of income and asked for reassessment,,, whats the issue...

if his earnings are lower at the start of the year: surely he should pay less at the start of the year... at the end of the year his earnings increase., so he pays more... its simple really... Do you expect him to pay more throughout the year because he earns more on one side of the year?