What happens now?

fedupandhurt

Im the nrp and my partner has just started work so i am not entitled to any JSA and have had too sign off and am looking after our child what happens next with the CSA? im on CSA2.

Also i cant find a definitive anwser to this can they take any CTC or WTC Some people say yes some say no some say only if the PWC asks for them and some say the CSA just try it on hopeing you consent to giving them (when they know really they cant and HMRC wont give it to them).

Im also pretty sure i recived a letter off the csa once with a section stateing they dont take tax credits.

Ive also wonderd for a while about Tax credits surely if the csa was allowed to take these then why dont they take from source ie JSA?

mel48rose

Sorry but why shouldn't you pay for your offspring??

jacklink

if your not recieving any benefit then your assesment will be zero. contact csa and let them no your not recieving any benefits, your partner is not obliged to pay for your kids.

they cannot take any ctc or wtc if your partner is the higher earner

jacklink

mel48rose wrote: »

Sorry but why shouldn't you pay for your offspring??

because he has no money to pay with, do you work to pay for your offspring or do you get 'free' help ?

fedupandhurt

mel48rose wrote: »

Sorry but why shouldn't you pay for your offspring??

Thanks for the reply mel im not going to get into some kind of heated discussion i never said i wouldnt pay anything i just asked what happens next thanks anyway.

fedupandhurt

jacklink wrote: »

if your not recieving any benefit then your assesment will be zero. contact csa and let them no your not recieving any benefits, your partner is not obliged to pay for your kids.

they cannot take any ctc or wtc if your partner is the higher earner

Many thanks for the reply jacklink

PreludeForTimeFeelers

fedupandhurt wrote: »

Some people say yes some say no some say only if the PWC asks for them and some say the CSA just try it on hopeing you consent to giving them (when they know really they cant and HMRC wont give it to them).

They can get that information from the interfaces they have with other Government departments, it's not hard for them to check.

HoneyNutLoop

jacklink wrote: »

if your not recieving any benefit then your assesment will be zero. contact csa and let them no your not recieving any benefits, your partner is not obliged to pay for your kids.

they cannot take any ctc or wtc if your partner is the higher earner

This is incorrect. For 2003 scheme cases, Child Tax Credit is always treated as the income of the NRP. It is Working Tax Credit that is decided based on who is the highest earner. I've posted links before to Upper Tribunal decisions confirming this position. I will try to find those links again and edit my post.

Edit: link
http://www.osscsc.gov.uk/Aspx/view.aspx?id=2575

fedupandhurt

HoneyNutLoop wrote: »

This is incorrect. For 2003 scheme cases, Child Tax Credit is always treated as the income of the NRP. It is Working Tax Credit that is decided based on who is the highest earner. I've posted links before to Upper Tribunal decisions confirming this position. I will try to find those links again and edit my post.

Edit: link
http://www.osscsc.gov.uk/Aspx/view.aspx?id=2575

Thanks HNT so we get CTC £63 for our 1 child then does the deduction get taken of for our one child then 15% after that in the tax credits for the child who is with the PWC?

HoneyNutLoop

If the CTC is your only income for child support purposes, because it's less than £100 a week you will be liable to pay the flat rate of £5.

If the CTC is being added to other income, and the combined total is more than £200 a week, it's as you describe.

fedupandhurt

HoneyNutLoop wrote: »

If the CTC is your only income for child support purposes, because it's less than £100 a week you will be liable to pay the flat rate of £5.

If the CTC is being added to other income, and the combined total is more than £200 a week, it's as you describe.

HNL What do you mean added to other income?

Partners income isnt counted is it or WTC?

So do you mean Child benifit added to CTC?