CSA Payments stopping as no job

jayjayuk

Hi,

I currently left my job and as such I have no income, I contacted CSA staright away and the mother to update them of this change, However the mother asked me when I left and if i was planning to pay cash in her hand or through csa? apparently she seems to think that her benefits would be adjusted? but from what I can see this isn't true,

Is this just a case of someone being nosey?

xoAmyox

Always pay through the CSA, otherwise the mother could claim that it was not child maintenance and the CSA could insist you pay again.

Re benefits, it used to be the case several years ago where CSA was counted as income and therefore benefits would be reduced. Now though, CSA is not classed as income and will not affect benefit payments to the mother.

If you mean benefits you may receive, then the CSA can deduct £5 per week from these to cover your CSA assessment.

jayjayuk

Hia,

Thanks for the reply, deffinatly would always pay via csa, as I left a job I am currently unable to claim.

I guess its just some one trying to be nosey.

fabforty

jayjayuk wrote: »

I guess its just some one trying to be nosey.

A PWC asking a NRP how they intend to support their child, having given up their job, is not exactly 'being nosey'. For all they know, you might have savings or some other way of contributing to your child's upkeep while you look for another job.

DUTR

fabforty wrote: »

A PWC asking a NRP how they intend to support their child, having given up their job, is not exactly 'being nosey'. For all they know, you might have savings or some other way of contributing to your child's upkeep while you look for another job.

The OP mentioned the PWC is on benefits, so possibly not working themselves? How do they put their portion of contribution?

fabforty

DUTR wrote: »

The OP mentioned the PWC is on benefits, so possibly not working themselves? How do they put their portion of contribution?

No idea.


I wasn't making a point about either party being on benefits.

sulkisu

DUTR wrote: »

The OP mentioned the PWC is on benefits, so possibly not working themselves? How do they put their portion of contribution?

Even if the PWC is on benefits, 'what happens now/will you be paying anything?' seems like a reasonable question. They might not like the response (you get nothing), but I suspect it's a question that most PWC would ask under the circumstances.

DUTR

sulkisu wrote: »

Even if the PWC is on benefits, 'what happens now/will you be paying anything?' seems like a reasonable question. They might not like the response (you get nothing), but I suspect it's a question that most PWC would ask under the circumstances.

Well it is rumoured that part of the income tax we pay goes to supporting other's offspring, so yes I'm paying as perhaps you are too, I think you get the point, the same two that made the baby are BOTH financially responsible, not just the one without the womb.

sulkisu

DUTR wrote: »

I think you get the point, the same two that made the baby are BOTH financially responsible, not just the one without the womb.

I wasn't suggesting otherwise and I don't think Fabforty's post does either. Nothing to do with the presence of a womb. If PWC had been the father in this case, my post would have been exactly the same.

mandco

are you aware that it you have an arrangement in place via csa for payment if you stop work its doesn't mean you don't have to pay?
I know you have contacted them but if they decide that you no longer have a job through choice eg you gave it up(which is why you cant claim benefits?)you will simply rack up a debt based on your current payment which you will have to pay back on top of your monthly payments when you start paying again.

you may be better off if you can arrange an agreement with your ex rather than go via csa in which case you can agree an amount between you rather than use the amount csa decide but now csa payments are no longer used when calculating benefit payments its not often in the pwc interest to accept a lower amount.

DUTR

sulkisu wrote: »

I wasn't suggesting otherwise and I don't think Fabforty's post does either. Nothing to do with the presence of a womb. If PWC had been the father in this case, my post would have been exactly the same.

Maybe it's the way I read it, I suppose yes, anybody has a right to ask even if they won't like the answer.