CSA have too much power and the wrong information

February 3, 2017

I could really do with help/advice/cyanide pill, any one of those will do at the moment. I’m in £27k debt, which StepChange are trying to help me with, my income is less than my outgoings, i have a 3 year old Son who’s being assessed for Autism/Aspergers and our Landlord won’t renew our tenancy, won’t tell us why and so we have to find somewhere else to live….

Anyway….

I have two children with my Ex-Mistake and this new CSA firm are screwing me over massively. I was currently paying £300 a month with the old CSA but this new firm have turned up, flexed their muscles and all of a sudden they now want £500 a month from me!! The reason?…. HMRC have me earning £39,000 a year. Yeah i was, last April, but that company has gone into liquidation and i’m now scraping £32,000. But these scumbags don’t care, they have ‘Information’ on my £39k so they’re using that. It doesn’t matter that I have a dozen new payslips here, telling a different story, or about my money issues in the opening paragraph. Paying that much will cost me everything, my current relationship, my Son, any chance in affording somewhere else, everything! I thought my Ex and I were on OK terms, but now i’ve seen the real greedy, selfish, spoiled her and i’m glad we’re apart. This new CSA have FAR TOO MUCH power, they take nothing into consideration (ie, my debt and problems or the massive amount her partner earns) and you can’t turn to anyone for help or to argue against them. It’s like screaming at a brick wall. I don’t have the amount of money they are asking for and you can’t get blood out of a stone. But they are certainly going to try!!

If anyone has any advice that can help me i’d be grateful. I obviously want to pay for my children, but i need to keep a roof over my other one too!

Comments

  • King Canute says:

    Hi. You need to inform HMRC of your working situation , who should change your tax code (if you are PAYE)and then inform CSA – don’t expect them to change anything soon (if at all) but that is all you can do. That and insisting on all communications be in writing and insist on only dealing with your case worker.

    Personally I would sever all contact with the CSA. If you are not already self employed, consider it.

    Best of luck

  • Tim says:

    CSA won’t change unless your salary changes by 25% – which is totally wrong.

    Self employment is the best answer as stated above.

    Or if you can rough it for a couple of months (3 I think), wack your pension up to make sure your salary is under 25%, and then send them the pay-slips.

    When they change it, lower your pension again and voila.

    You only need to loose about 2k per year for them to re-evaluate your payment.

    Regarding the way the CSA is being run – the problem is that people will talk about it, and do nothing about it – maybe we should get one of those online petitions going and then it will be discussed in parliament – if I get the time next week I may just do that.

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