Very Confused - Any advice or Help please?

littlestork

Now have the answers I needed.

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PreludeForTimeFeelers

littlestork wrote: »

A bit long winded but here goes, I am the NRP (female) I currently pay me Ex hubby £200 PM CSA through the CSA.

When the claim went through a couple of years ago, I was the main earner in my house, the CSA took the Tax credits that me and husband get into account when working out my income.

I have a War pension and was told to pay £5 p/week originally however, Ex told the CSA I had a new job at the time (Which I didnt) and I could prove.... they then did the new claim, and even though I get the war pension, I was told to pay £200 as a Variation which I found odd. Ive since paid the £200 p/m.

Im now due to leave my job and my income will be 000.

So....Do I just keep paying the £200 p/m or do I tell the CSA im no longer working, Im worried if I do that....then they will take ALL of our tax credits into account for income, we do get £1000 pm tax credits as Both of my children have DLA, will they take that also?

My son whom I pay CSA for is 18, but still in full time education, he is Also Disabled and gets DLA (higher rate) a few people have told me I shouldnt be paying anything at all.

The main point is this..... i am MORE than happy to keep paying the £200 per month, but Im legally obliged so Im told to tell the CSA if my work changes. I just dont want to tell them if it means I will end up paying more due to my tax credits as I find that totally unfair as there meant to be for my other two young kids.

Please advise.

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You should always try to ensure that the calculation is as accurate as possible, and as such, inform them when your employment changes.

Re: Tax credits - I'm sure that the amount that they can take into account will decrease if you're not the primary earner in the household. I'm sure someone more versed in '93/03 cases would be able to clarify this for you.

HoneyNutLoop

If you weren't working at the time the variation was awarded, what was it awarded for? Do you get any Working Tax Credit or is it all Child Tax Credit?

nixxx_2

I'm in a similar situation. I'm due another baby and this will push my child credit up from £99 to £155 approx. Will this also mean an extra £15 to be paid to my partners ex as even though my partner doesn't earn anything, he will be classed as earning all of the child tax credits? We only get child tax credits, not working tax credits. I've phoned CSA 4 times now and gotten 4 different answers!

HoneyNutLoop

nixxx wrote: »

I'm in a similar situation. I'm due another baby and this will push my child credit up from £99 to £155 approx. Will this also mean an extra £15 to be paid to my partners ex as even though my partner doesn't earn anything, he will be classed as earning all of the child tax credits? We only get child tax credits, not working tax credits. I've phoned CSA 4 times now and gotten 4 different answers!

The impact it will have depends on how many children will now be in your household and how many he is paying maintenance for.

littlestork

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HoneyNutLoop

Because you haven't said what the variation was for, or if you receive Working Tax Credit, I can't know if it will impact the tax credit variable.

The normal rule for tax credits, as noted on a similar current thread, is that Child tax Credit is always treated as the NRP's income, under 2003 scheme. Working tax Credit is based on the primary earner. However, if Working Tax Credit is in payment to your household, no variation award can be made. Which means either:
1) you don't get WTC, so all your tax credits will be counted as income, as you only get the CTC element, plus potentially whatever the variation was for;
2) you've always received WTC, so you may have grounds to have the variation entirely removed, from it's start date, as they can't award an additional income variation if WTC is in payment to your household;
3) you've only just started receiving working tax credit, which would end any possibility of a variation, but only from now.

littlestork

Now have the answers I needed.

Thanks

HoneyNutLoop

Good to know.