CSA1 Departure

Fclamp1

That is not really helping me. Do you mean that it will do no good to appeal because of this secondary legislation? I am going to be stuck with thousands of arrears because they delayed making an intial assessment, when they did it was incorrect but backdated and this gave the PWC time to apply for a departure which over-ruled the initial assessment and allowed the figure to be re-calculated to almost 3 times the correct original and backdated for 8 months? How am I supposed to find this money? I don't have savings - and not because I live an extravagant life - all because my partner has to use her money to support me as well as her own children - who are older but still in need of financial support but not covered by CSA rules so gets no allowance for them.

Crellow4

The backdating arises from the date the PWC instigated the supersession - there are no time limits for the CSA to complete this assessment. If there has been an official error within the assessment then it has to be corrected - this then gives appeal rights to both parties. If a Departure is applied for within 4 weeks of the assessment being notified, the effective date of the Departure is he same as the baseline calculation. His is all coved by legislation. I can't say whether it is worthwhile you appealing the decision but on the face of it the effective date appears to be correct.

Fclamp1

So all of a sudden I owe thousands in spite of paying their assessment for over 10 years? There is nothing I can do about it?

Crellow4

If the assessment has been correctly calculated there is nothing you can do about the length of time taken, and consequently the level of arrears which have accrued. You can lodge a compliant which may result in a consolatory payment to reflect the delays but that's about it I'm afraid.