CSA Question

medw1974 · 9 July 2006 at 10:11PM

Need_More_Money wrote:

So do you get less on the new system?

On old system for a lone parent with 2 children it looks like you would've received:

Lone Parent Over 18: £57.45 +
Dependant Children: £45.58 (Per Child) +
Family Premium: £16.25

giving a total of £164.86

but on the new system you get the £57.45 income support and the max child tax credit you can receive annualy is:

£545 family element + £1765 per child

For 2 children that works out as around £78/week. Added to the income support this is only £135.

I've not seen those maximum figures for CTC before, but if correct then yes it will be less.

I've just remembered though that Child Benefit is deducted from the Income Support figures I gave earlier, so if it isn't from the CTC figures it may well be around the same.

Need_More_Money_2 · 9 July 2006 at 10:15PM

medw1974 wrote:

I've not seen those maximum figures for CTC before, but if correct then yes it will be less.

I've just remembered though that Child Benefit is deducted from the Income Support figures I gave earlier, so if it isn't from the CTC figures it may well be around the same.

Figures came from http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/index/life/benefits/benefits_for_families_and_children.htm#child_tax_credit

As far as I know child benefit is paid regardless of whether you're on income support or not and would be in addition to income support and/or CTC.

medw1974 · 9 July 2006 at 10:20PM

Need_More_Money wrote:

Figures came from http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/index/life/benefits/benefits_for_families_and_children.htm#child_tax_credit

As far as I know child benefit is paid regardless of whether you're on income support or not and would be in addition to income support and/or CTC.

Thanks for the link, child benefit is definately taken from IS/JSA as i remember that from a period of having to claim JSA last year. But I can't remember if it's classed as relevant income for CTC purposes though.

Need_More_Money_2 · 9 July 2006 at 10:26PM

medw1974 wrote:

Thanks for the link, child benefit is definately taken from IS/JSA as i remember that from a period of having to claim JSA last year. But I can't remember if it's classed as relevant income for CTC purposes though.

Do you mean that they reduce your IS by the amount of your child benefit?

medw1974 · 9 July 2006 at 10:32PM

Need_More_Money wrote:

Do you mean that they reduce your IS by the amount of your child benefit?

Yes from the maximum amounts I stated earlier, however this was under the old system when all payments including child elements were made by the DWP and not HMRC.

pink_phantom · 10 July 2006 at 8:18AM

Unfortunately you will have to pay what the CSA deem necessary and there is little you can do about it. If you feel that the children should be getting more or are missing out, could you perhapse buy them clothes and necessities etc or perhapse things that their mother could not afford on IS? Just an idea.x

Scarlett1 · 10 July 2006 at 12:20PM

medw1974 wrote:

Do you know how this works? As all the stuff I've read says upto £10, any idea what this is dependant on?

I think you just need to be on income support, the claim triggers a CSA investigation, you pay up, the majority of it goes back to the government and £10 gets sent to you're ex (credit transfer)

Does seem you ex isnt ready to go to work which is understandable, so IS is her best bet

edit: sorry forgot to say, if you're ex isnt already on IS she should put a claim in straight away and it can take between 4 - 6 weeks to go through.

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