New CSA scheme confusion

daddydodo

Hi, could anyone offer me some advice please? I am the NRP to 4 children. When I separated from my ex in 2007 she called up the CSA who then contacted me, I sent them payslips & they set the amount payable to my ex. I pay her by standing order direct to her account every month. When my salary changes I send the new payslips for re-assessment and I change the standing order.

Questions are,
1. Will I be moved on to the new CSA scheme?
2. One of my children has now moved in with me, as from January 2014. Can I contact the CSA to raise a claim for my child who has moved in? I am not currently claiming child benefit for my child, but from what i have read I think this is a pre-requisite for a CSA claim....? Will this mean my ex will not be receiving CB for my son (obviously! ), also not receive CTC, also will pay a percentage of her gross salary for my son??

Any help gratefully received

shoe*diva79

1, yes, eventually (but dont hold your breath) you will be moved over to CSA3.
2. if you start claiming CB for the child that lives with you then you can set a case up so that your ex wife has to give you CM for him.

Things to consider though, CSA3 has charges attached to it. £20 to open the case and then a % (20% for paying parent and 4% for receiving parent) for the CSA to manage the account.

Can you come to a private agreement?

daddydodo

Thanks for the reply, I would prefer to come to a private arrangement to be honest but feel a little hamstrung as she has a csa case with me. Do you know what it would take to cancel the csa case, would she need to write to the csa with the instruction?

Her salary has increased significantly recently & I think it is only fair that my son now living with me benefits from this.

Thanks for your help!

PreludeForTimeFeelers

It's possibly just semantics, but no current cases are moved over onto the new scheme...rather, the CMG are going to close all current cases over the course of the next 3 or 4 years. Both parties then have the choice to either come to a private arrangement or ask the CMG to set up a new case.

Re: Your current case - for this to close the original applicant just needs to contact CMG and ask for the case to be closed.

shoe*diva79

PreludeForTimeFeelers wrote: »

It's possibly just semantics, but no current cases are moved over onto the new scheme...rather, the CMG are going to close all current cases over the course of the next 3 or 4 years. Both parties then have the choice to either come to a private arrangement or ask the CMG to set up a new case.

Re: Your current case - for this to close the original applicant just needs to contact CMG and ask for the case to be closed.

If the OP opens a new case for the son, will the current case that his ex wife has open be moved onto the new system (kind of like CSA1/CSA2 cases being brought together?)

PreludeForTimeFeelers

shoe*diva79 wrote: »

If the OP opens a new case for the son, will the current case that his ex wife has open be moved onto the new system (kind of like CSA1/CSA2 cases being brought together?)

Prior to June 30th that's what would have happened, now it's slightly different.

By the sounds of it there is a child currently on the CS2 case who is no longer in that household - if the OP opens a case it will be on 2012 Scheme, and will be subject to the £20 application fee. The ex-wife on the other case will be informed that her current case will be closing. She'll have the choice to come to a private arrangement, or open a case on the 2012 Scheme too (which would mean that she too would face the £20 application fee).
Once the new cases are in place both parties could choose to pay direct, which would avoid any collection fees (which come in next month).

shoe*diva79

Thanks for clarifying

OP - you and you ex need to understand that the fees involved means that each of you would have to pay an additional 20% of your assessment in fees whilst the receiving parent would lose 4% of the assessment in fees. Should you go down that route obviously.

daddydodo

Thanks all for your help with this. I will be putting in a claim for CB for my son, then I will ask her to drop her csa2 claim so we can come to a mutual agreement. After 7yrs or so of separation things have eased a little between us so much so that we can actually have a talk together :T

shoe*diva79

Best of luck, let us know how you get on.

Teressa

hi my ex refused to pay csa and ignored everything so after 12 years they have sold his house and gave me some of what was owed which is £14k but we claim tax credits and help with rent but i am now not sure if and what it affects, as heard it doesnt affect nothing but i cant see how it cant with it being a big amount