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What is included in maintenance payments

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Good morning, I want to start making payments towards my children's upkeep. I currently have a 50 / 50 residency order but the 2 teenagers have asked about living with mum. My question is do I include my gross salary, included in my gross is a yearly bonus that fluctuates and a monthly vehicle allowance, I am unsure what I include to use for the calculation, any help would be greatly appreciated 

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  • Comms69
    Comms69 Posts: 14,229 Forumite
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    Generally you would use whatever your last p60 said.

    As it's a voluntary agreement, you can simply make a reasonable offer. 
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