Can Child Maintenance Service reveal my tax details?s

Rustic100

I have just become aware that the Child Maintenance Service are sending letters out to ex-partners, showing earnings, gained from personal tax records.

Is this a breach of confidentiality or data protection? I knew CMS had the powers to look at this, but since when did using the Child Maintenance Service give them the right to send letters with precise figures that most people would class as confidential?.

shoe*diva79

Ive always seen my ex partners salary as part of the calculation and I have had a case with them since 1998.

Rustic100

Oh that's interesting? but would you feel different if it was the other way around? as in your details be posted to other people?


I was really looking to find out if the CMS could legally send confidential details to other people.


Just out of interest, would you post your income and tax return on this site?

DUTR

Rustic100 wrote: »

Oh that's interesting? but would you feel different if it was the other way around? as in your details be posted to other people?


I was really looking to find out if the CMS could legally send confidential details to other people.


Just out of interest, would you post your income and tax return on this site?

They (PWC) may know the net pay as that is what the contribution is based on.

Rustic100

Understand that DUTR, and someone good with numbers could work out.

I am asking if letters the csm have actually sent to my ex's showing my gross annual tax details is legal.

Seems like a breach of confidentiality and data protection.

HoneyNutLoop

Yes it's legal.
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2551/contents/made

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2677/regulation/25/made

helping_hand2014

i think its a good thing especially if ex partners dont take respectability for ther children that goes to both men and women we should be more tougher on this kind of issues and get more like the Americans do

shoe*diva79

Rustic100 wrote: »

Oh that's interesting? but would you feel different if it was the other way around? as in your details be posted to other people?


I was really looking to find out if the CMS could legally send confidential details to other people.


Just out of interest, would you post your income and tax return on this site?

It does not matter how I feel, they are able to do it. Its not difficult to work out anyway even without the salary details.

And yes, I would post my details on this site, and probably have in the past as part of my income/expenditure when paying off debt and money saving.

DUTR

helping_hand2014 wrote: »

i think its a good thing especially if ex partners dont take respectability for ther children that goes to both men and women we should be more tougher on this kind of issues and get more like the Americans do

It makes no odds to the calculation though.
It depends what you mean by respecatability (responsibility) every case is different, I pay my 15% but the Mum has tried to ask for more, it wouldn't be so bad if she worked full time and depended less on any kind of benefits, personally I don't think it sets a good example for the children.

Rustic100

Thanks Honey Nut, thats exactly what I was looking for.

They still should not be sending my data out as my daughter has lived away from the mum for a year.

Fission

Unless the PWC knows the income of the other parent, she cannot know whether the calculation is correct (I'm calling the PC "she", though that isn't reflective of every last case).

Advising the PWC serves another purpose, since in most cases, she has a fair idea of what the income of the other parent is and so is in a position to react to the income used in the calculation.

If a calculation went out at (say) £50 a week with no explanation as to how it had been worked out, the £50 could be a result of someone's slightly less than average income, or they night have an average or higher-then-average income but also have several children living with them. The PWC's knowledge (in most cases) of the NRP income and circumstances allows her to request a revision, or to appeal, against the amount of income used in the calculation if she feels that it has been mis-stated.