Child Support / Tax Increases

mjkyorkshire78

A small and easily missed impact of the rise in tax will be the hit on those who pay child maintenance.
In my own situation I pay my daughters' mother and stepdad monthly based on an annual calculation via the CSA website, which starts with my gross wage, less my pension contribution.  So this year my payments go up based on my annual salary increase as expected, but then factor in the increase in tax on my gross wage and what's left is reduced even further than usual.
I wonder if it's about time to reassess the child maintenance process to take the wider income picture of both parties into account and consider the economic landscape too.

ZaSa1418

It is annoying that tax increases are going up but i do not think the CMS will go backwards. They used to take into account both household incomes pre 2003 so i can't see why they would ever do it again.

WYSPECIAL

You could consider increasing pension contributions to reduce you tax and CMS payments.

LaurenSM

It's so frustrating. Pension contributions are definitely a must. However, learning to cope with these things should be something teachers teach us at school. 
It's way too much