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Hints and tips from a caseworker at the CSA.
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I have a question
What do the CSA do regarding self employed people (NRP)? Is there anything they can do?0 -
Where to start..?
CSAWorker, you may have had good intentions, and there are actually a couple of nuggets of good advice, but you're painting a pretty poor picture overall.0 -
Csaworker,a question..
If you don't bother reassessing cases where the income change is less than you want,but still at the 5% or higher,do you tell the pwc this or do you just pretend it's been reassessed?
I can't comment for CSAWorker, but you would carry out the reassessment and gather the wage info, and at the end of the reassessment there's a 'tolerance' button to click - this works out whether the income has increased or decreased by a minimum of 5%.
If it has breached the tolerance then a new assessment is carried out - if it's less than the 5% then both parties get a letter saying 'Blah blah, the income has changed by less than 5% therefore the assessment will stay the same'.
A good caseworker would know they'd have to go through the assessment process anyways - for all they know there may have been a previous assessment where the supersession was refused due to the wages only changing by 4%...therefore the next assessment would probably push it over the tolerance level (if that makes sense).0 -
I am wondering just how many people will of screen dumped theses threads and are now making complaints based on the answers and posts of this staff member...!!!.................
....I'm smiling because I have no idea what's going on ...:)
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I am wondering just how many people will of screen dumped theses threads and are now making complaints based on the answers and posts of this staff member...!!!
Grounds for dismissal for gross misconduct comes to mind, and with the internet as it is, if a formal complaint was made about the abuse that is being posted here, i would bet that there are ways that the OP could be traced with so much ease...
But what do i know... But if i had a live case, you could be sure that i would be making complaints on the off chance that my case which was NOT reassessed despite a change of over 30% that i would be taking legal action against the CSA again...
All it does is shows what a shame the CSA is and that they do NOT follow the legislation...!!! So who is 1st to write to there MP and file complaints i wonder...
ME, ME, ME!!! Have typed the letter this morning, just need to make a few amendments/additions before posting this afternoon.
I have already had a written admission in the past from CSA that they have not done enough to secure payments from the NRP on my case and are at it again. The posts by CSAcaseworker, if what is posted are truth, go a long way to prove they have made even more failures on my case.
Also, it proves the attitude both the PWCs and NRP can face when dealing with the CSA.0 -
ME, ME, ME!!! Have typed the letter this morning, just need to make a few amendments/additions before posting this afternoon.
I have already had a written admission in the past from CSA that they have not done enough to secure payments from the NRP on my case and are at it again. The posts by CSAcaseworker, if what is posted are truth, go a long way to prove they have made even more failures on my case.
Also, it proves the attitude both the PWCs and NRP can face when dealing with the CSA.
There is no evidence that the poster works for the CSA. They haven't posted anything that can't be traced back for proof. I could set up a new user name and post similar.0 -
iammumtoone wrote: »There is no evidence that the poster works for the CSA. They haven't posted anything that can't be traced back for proof. I could set up a new user name and post similar.
And if they're not a csa worker the csa are well within their right (and would be right to do so) to do something about the postings..If women are birds and freedom is flight are trapped women Dodos?0 -
I for one, cannot decide wether to believe it is a member or staff or not, if it is, then it is not surprising that the attitude of CSA is what it is, if it is not, then it is really sick...!!!
My suggestion would be to go about as normal and trust the people that are known here and the ones who have, and work for the CSA DWP that are already known... They have earned the respect of the users with sensible and helpful answers...
In a way i kind of do hope he is CSA staff though... Gives a lot of ground for some appeals on many fronts from both PWC and NRP, and maybe could help kick the CSA into actually following the legislation instead of bending it so often...0 -
PreludeForTimeFeelers wrote: »I can't comment for CSAWorker, but you would carry out the reassessment and gather the wage info, and at the end of the reassessment there's a 'tolerance' button to click - this works out whether the income has increased or decreased by a minimum of 5%.
If it has breached the tolerance then a new assessment is carried out - if it's less than the 5% then both parties get a letter saying 'Blah blah, the income has changed by less than 5% therefore the assessment will stay the same'.
A good caseworker would know they'd have to go through the assessment process anyways - for all they know there may have been a previous assessment where the supersession was refused due to the wages only changing by 4%...therefore the next assessment would probably push it over the tolerance level (if that makes sense).
Makes perfect sense, and it's a good point.
Also, from the other point of view, if I was the NRP sending in my wages details and knowing that they had fallen by, say, 7% (because I can use a damn calculator) and then the CSA just refused to reassess I'd be pretty miffed. And I'd know about it.
Equally, if I had been asked out of the blue for my wage details and I knew that they were, say, 9% more than they were before, I'd be expecting an increased payment schedule. When that didn't come I could well be laughing at the PWC.
Basically, what I'm saying is that the NRP will know that no reassessment has been made when it should have been, whereas the PWC could be being fleeced behind his/her back... by the CSA.
I notice that Caseworker hasn't addressed any of these points.Grateful to finally be debt free!0 -
iammumtoone wrote: »There is no evidence that the poster works for the CSA. They haven't posted anything that can't be traced back for proof. I could set up a new user name and post similar..................
....I'm smiling because I have no idea what's going on ...:)
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