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Should I ask for maintenance payments?
Hi, I have just separated from my partner. We have two children (4 and 7). The children are staying with me, and will stay overnight with him some weekends, and during some school holidays too. I own the house that my children and I live in. I pay all bills. Before we moved into the house we lived in a flat. When we bought…
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Can I combine saving methods?
Hi, my husband employer pays part of our childcare bill directly to the childcare provider but not the entire bill (due to reaching his salary sacrifice limit) so we pay the remainder of the bill directly from our bank account. However I was wondering if I am able to pay the remainder through the governments tax free…
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What Happens When Child Is 18?
Hello everyone! I’ve been trying to find information online about this but it’s so confusing. My eldest daughter is going to be 18 years old in November. She’s currently studying A Levels at school and finishes next summer. When does her father stop paying child maintenance for her? Is it when she turns 18 or is it when…
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Child Benefit - Twins?
I was reading this thread but it doesn't quite answer my question. We have child 1 who is nearly 3. Claiming the full ~£80 a month or whatever it is (I don't personally see / deal with this as the other half does). It's looking like we're having twins - child 2 and child 3. Would both twins get the lower rate of child…
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50k+ Child Benefit Clarification
Hi all, I'm struggling to find an explanation on how I define my adjusted net income in relation to Bonuses. If my salary is circ 47,500, plus private medical insurance of circa 580 which leaves me under the 50k. However, a bonus may come this year although is not guaranteed, if it does, and this takes me over 50k would I…
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Does Child Maintenance stop if child is 19 and working part time
hello my husbands daughter is 19 at college but works part time. Does this mean that the child maintenance we pay stop or what are the rules as I am so confused
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Ex has left job and now has ‘nil’ CMS to pay?
3 months ago I had a letter from the CMS to say that my daughters award had changed to ‘nil’ per week due to a change in the paying parents circumstances. I phoned them and the lady said that he has no income so doesn’t have to pay. I raised a complaint and said that he must be living off something, he hasn’t just left his…
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Tax-Free childcare - Confusing message
Hello, Following advice from MSE, I tried to apply for tax-free childcare for my 2 1/2 yo. I started to apply on the government gateway but got the message saying "You've given the details for a child that's 2 years old. If you apply now, you'll only get Tax-Free Childcare for this child. If you want 30 hours free…
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Moving tax-free childcare to another childminder
Hi, we are due to move areas in a few months and so will be changing our childminder unfortunately. Our child is 17 months old and we claim tax-free childcare. The new childminder has asked for payment a month in advance, which means we will be paying two lots of childcare in one month! How does that work with tax-free…
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Taking legal action against the CSA
Hi, I have financially supported myself and my sons since I divorced my ex-husband 14 years ago. I had to fight for every penny from him and then gave up. two years ago, I took him to the CSA for a total of £76.40 monthly. He is self-employed and isn't entirely honest with his tax return. In August, my younger son started…
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Totally confused
I separated from my ex nearly 3 years ago, I left the family home with my daughter as there was no way I could pay the mortgage on my own. I never asked for a penny off him for our then 7 year old as our son stayed mostly with him as I moved out the area. I took nothing, I just needed away from him. Long story short, I had…
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MY EX HAS LIED IN HER AFFIDAVIT ABOUT HER INCOME - HOW TO PROCEED?
We married & had a child in the UK, then we moved to another country. After a while we divorced there. The court defined a child maintenance which was adequate for that country considering my and her income there. I was paying it regularly for years and on top was paying various other expenses. My ex decided to move back…
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CSA payments on varied wages
Hello, I'm looking for some advice when it come to CSA calculations and affordable payments, my salary varies month to month based on commission I earn and after speaking with CSA on numerous occasions, they calculate what I should pay based on last year's p60. This is frustrating because some months I really struggle…
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Workplace nursery benefit
Does anyone have experience of using workplace nursery benefit? https://www.enjoybenefits.co.uk/staff-benefits-savings/workplace-nursery-provision/ampMy nursery are offering it but it seems too good to be true and it doesn’t appear to be government backed and not mentioned on MSE anywhere. Is this legitimate and are there…
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Can Tax Free Childcare be used after the child turns 12?
Does anyone know whether you can continue to use the amount built-up in your TFC account once the child turns 12? If not, are you allowed to withdraw the whole amount once the child turns 12, or only your own contribution without the government contribution? Thanks.
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NACSA and CMS
Does anyone have any experience to share about NACSA? I have a meeting next week to discuss the CMS not processing my case
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Child maintainance have written off over £18000 owed from the last 18 years
After a very apologetic conversation with the very nice lady on the phone I have found out that all my digging on where he works, where he lives, what he owns has all been in vain. He paid on and off for years. I got two years of payments then stopped. They got a liability order. He paid for 3 months and then stopped…
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CMA refusing to collect arrears
Hi so my disabled child is owed more than £9,000 in arrears and the CMA have refused a collection service. I’ve been to tribunal and won , but now all the arrears are missing from my account . Has anyone else had a refuse to collect ? Oh by the way HE WORKS for DWP
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CMS gross salary calculation and work benefits
Hi there, I recently applied to the CMS and they have calculated my gross salary including my non payable benefits such as private medical. I appealed explaining this is not actually received as income by me but it has been rejected with no explanation. Any attempt at getting a reason by calling has been rebuffed in an…
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How has CMS only just found out?!
I’ve been going through CMS for years to work out the payments my children’s fathers should be paying. The case for my eldest two children is Direct Pay and has never had any problems. I only go through CMS to work out how much the payment should be each month. My other case is with the father of my youngest three children…