Fraudulent info given to CSA

eriphyle

Hello everyone.

My Ex is self employed and has blatantly lied to CSA about his income. I have proof of his property holdings and his lifestyle is obviously too comfortable to be a paid for with the £11K he claims as income.

I have complained to CSA repeatedly and they've done nothing.

Is there anything I can do? If anyone has found a way forward?

Many thanks.

Loopy28

If your ex is self employed then he would have had to send his tax return to the csa as proof of his income. Therefore if this is for 11k, then this is what he is declaring to the Inland Revenue that he earns and they are accepting this as his income.

If you believe he is earning more, the csa are not in a position to investigate what he is declaring to the Inland Revenue. You would have to contact IR yourself to advise them you believe he is commiting tax fraud in order for them to complete an investigation, they may ask for proof but if they find he is earning more then the CSA payments can be adjusted.

There is a route you can go through via the CSA and that is to ask for a variations form based on the grounds that his life is inconsistent with declared income. You need to send this back to them with as much evidence as you have, the more evidence the better and the more likely you are to have the maintenance assessment adjusted.

Cozworth806

Hi, Loopy is half right. If he has a self employed business then it may be just this that has been used, as under the new rules that is all that is able to be taken into account. The property can only be taken under a variation for an asset worth over £65,000 (value taken at 8% then divided by 52 to get weekly figure)

If the property business is his main business then this may not be possible to do, but it depends on the schedule that his earnings have been declared under. In either case the variation for lifestyle can be looked at.

You need someone to establish what info has been taken into account, and whether his extra income is able to be included under the main calculation