CSA increase payments but no wage increase

PreludeForTimeFeelers

In my time there there were no bells being rung, and PWCs weren't referred to as wenches.

My wife works at a university - try getting into the offices there and surprise surprise you'll find that security wouldn't let you in. My dad works in a sawmill, again you try getting in there and I'm sure that you'll find security would stop you...

Witch_Hazel

Hysnbrg wrote: »

No it was while I was a carer, I could upload a C.V if your that interested in my career lol I tried to juggle both for a few years, being a carer can be lonely and I wanted to work to meet people and socialize, be normal. It didn't workout as I said.

Got anything to contribute or just being nosy?

what the carer who worked 24/7 yeah aye okay trip, trap

clearingout

ooh prelude...I always thought you were a woman! how strange is that! Am having to change my mental picture.

PreludeForTimeFeelers

clearingout wrote: »

ooh prelude...I always thought you were a woman! how strange is that! Am having to change my mental picture.

Ha ha, sorry to disappoint!

Dal_Whinnie

clearingout wrote: »

CSA payments only work one way as a general rule. Are there two children and each parent is claiming child benefit for one of them, perhaps?

Thank you for your comment but as I said "Their 2 children initially stayed with my son but their daughter moved to live with her Mum a couple of years ago." Their son stayed with him so, yes, there is a claim each way.

HoneyNutLoop

Hi, there are a number of possibilities here, one of which is that the calculation is wrong. Other options are:
1) does your son receive working or child tax credits. These are taken into account as his income if it is a single claim (rather than joint claim with a partner, when slightly different rules apply). It may be the calculation didn't previously take this into account but now does;
2) while his hourly rate may not have increased, does he now work more hours thereby increasing his overall take home pay? Or has he been regularly working overtime when previously he didn't? The CSA take all sources of income into account; bonus, overtime, commission. It's not just worked out on basic pay;
3) if the ex has reported a change to the care arrangements, the CSA may have reduced or removed the shared care element, increasing how much he should pay;
4) the CSA may have increased payments because they feel arrears are owed;
5) there may have been a variation applied to the case, for example if your son has assets like additional properties and savings. Your son should have received details of the content of the application if this was the case.

Your son should receive letters for both his cases outlining the net weekly income the CSA have calculated, if they've given allowances for children in the household and what decisions have been made about shared care, plus if any adjustments have been made for a variation. If he no longer holds these letters, he can ask for copies. I would start by reviewing those letters to see if the information recorded is right, and go from there.

Your son needs to be aware there is a one month time limit for disputing (asking the CSA to look again at it's decision) or appealing (asking an independent tribunal to look at the decision) the calculation. However, for appeals that time limit can be extended by a further 12 months if your son has good reason for delaying. As suggested by kevin, your son can ask for his ex's payments to be reviewed if he is aware her income has changed.

Marisco

clearingout wrote: »

ooh prelude...I always thought you were a woman! how strange is that! Am having to change my mental picture.

So did I!!!!!! :eek:

PreludeForTimeFeelers

Ha ha, so many people here so quick to jump to assumptions...

;-)

Zoetoes

kelloggs36 wrote: »

In my experience the CSA only favoured the word of the lying self employed NRP - it took a tribunal case to get them to take any notice of the evidence I had sent to them.

My ex is self employed, he has ignored the CSA assessment forms and letters as expected, they are doing an estimation today but I expect it to come out quite low but thought it may be better than a default payment?

Maybe I will have to ask for a reassessment and end up taking it to tribunal!