Maximum payment

mrballen

Hello,

Does anyone know if there is a maximum amount the CSA will take from your earnings? 3 or four children, can they take any more than 19% or is this amount distributed evenly to the parents only?

Many thanks

Twixty3

I don’t think they can take more it works kinda like this -

Q: What happens if the paying parent has to pay child maintenance to more than one receiving parent?

A: In this situation, the total amount of child maintenance the paying parent must pay is shared between the receiving parents. The amount each receiving parent gets depends on the number of children they receive child maintenance for.

For example, paying parent Matthew must pay £60 a week in child maintenance and has three children for whom he pays child maintenance. Two of the children live with receiving parent Alison and the other child lives with receiving parent Kathryn.

This means that Alison receives two-thirds of Matthew’s weekly child maintenance total (£40), and Kathryn gets one third (£20).

The content of the examples in this leaflet is for illustrative purposes only.