Comments on: CSA threaten to take money from my employer http://www.csahell.com/csa-threaten-to-take-money-from-my-employer-156.html Child Support Agency Advice and Complaints Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:38:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: chall http://www.csahell.com/csa-threaten-to-take-money-from-my-employer-156.html/comment-page-1#comment-832 chall Sun, 31 May 2009 16:46:12 +0000 http://www.csahell.com/?p=156#comment-832 Quote; 1) Ask for copies of your case file - they have a legal obligation under the freedom of information act to provide this. This will include every letter your ex has written to them. 2) Ask to have your income re-assessed. Legally, you are entitled to do this every 6 weeks as long as you can provide the evidence. 3) If you are only earning £9k a year, surely you would be better off leaving your business and going on the dole?? You will have to pay £5 a week child support out of your income support / JSA and thats it. Then, you can look for a job as an employee, rather than a self employed person, and the CSA will be able to assess you from your PAYE. *1) Any 'subject access request' should be done under the 'Data Protection Act', not the FOI - You will be furnished with the information that the agency hold on YOU, not a third party (including their letters). *2) You can request a reassessment whenever your circumstances change. *3) You should be aware, this course of action could be deemed as 'deprivation of income', in which case your liability would 'legally' still stand. Your more than welcome to join us in the forum at www.afairercsaforall.co.uk, we have others who have dealt with 'lifestyle inconsistent' and could well offer you support. Quote;

1) Ask for copies of your case file – they have a legal obligation under the freedom of information act to provide this. This will include every letter your ex has written to them.

2) Ask to have your income re-assessed. Legally, you are entitled to do this every 6 weeks as long as you can provide the evidence.

3) If you are only earning £9k a year, surely you would be better off leaving your business and going on the dole?? You will have to pay £5 a week child support out of your income support / JSA and thats it. Then, you can look for a job as an employee, rather than a self employed person, and the CSA will be able to assess you from your PAYE.

*1) Any ‘subject access request’ should be done under the ‘Data Protection Act’, not the FOI – You will be furnished with the information that the agency hold on YOU, not a third party (including their letters).

*2) You can request a reassessment whenever your circumstances change.

*3) You should be aware, this course of action could be deemed as ‘deprivation of income’, in which case your liability would ‘legally’ still stand.

Your more than welcome to join us in the forum at http://www.afairercsaforall.co.uk, we have others who have dealt with ‘lifestyle inconsistent’ and could well offer you support.

]]> By: TMD http://www.csahell.com/csa-threaten-to-take-money-from-my-employer-156.html/comment-page-1#comment-828 TMD Sun, 31 May 2009 07:34:18 +0000 http://www.csahell.com/?p=156#comment-828 Good advice Louise - Think you hit the nail on the head - getting angry is a natural reaction especially when being down trodden by such an unfair system - yet so self defeating. Think you are right when you say he should stand up for himself - and get properly organized to challenge what appears to be a grossly unfair assessment based on what his ex partner is saying. Good Luck Tim GO FOR IT.. Good advice Louise -
Think you hit the nail on the head – getting angry is a natural reaction especially when being down trodden by such an unfair system – yet so self defeating.
Think you are right when you say he should stand up for himself – and get properly organized to challenge what appears to be a grossly unfair assessment based on what his ex partner is saying.
Good Luck Tim GO FOR IT..

]]> By: Louise http://www.csahell.com/csa-threaten-to-take-money-from-my-employer-156.html/comment-page-1#comment-821 Louise Thu, 28 May 2009 12:40:25 +0000 http://www.csahell.com/?p=156#comment-821 I think you need to stand up for yourself a little bit. I am a single mum who is fighting an evil ex who wont cough up, but at the same time, I am a daughter helping my dad fight his ex (younger than him) who is trying to claim he is swindling her out of child support, when he can prove he has paid her every penny she is legally entitled to. Therefore I can see it from both angles. After speaking to a manager at the CSA recently for my dad, it is illegal for the CSA to take more than 40% of your earnings, and they would have provided you with a letter stating what the minimum per week / month is that they will allow you to live on. Their computer system does not allow them to deviate from that. Write to the CEO of the CSA, or even get your MP to do it. Provide copies of your company books, your bank statements and your partners bank statements as evidence of what you have coming in and going out. If your ex is making out you are living a lifestyle significanlty above what you say you earn, it is up to you to prove otherwise. If you are telling the truth, that will be easy for you. Always start your letter "I am writing to complain..." rather than "I am very annoyed...". If you write saying you are complaining, then they will take it as a complaint and have to follow their complaints procedures. If you write saying you are annoyed, it will have no impact what so ever. Ask for copies of your case file - they have a legal obligation under the freedom of information act to provide this. This will include every letter your ex has written to them. Ask to have your income re-assessed. Legally, you are entitled to do this every 6 weeks as long as you can provide the evidence. If you are only earning £9k a year, surely you would be better off leaving your business and going on the dole?? You will have to pay £5 a week child support out of your income support / JSA and thats it. Then, you can look for a job as an employee, rather than a self employed person, and the CSA will be able to assess you from your PAYE. I think you need to stand up for yourself a little bit. I am a single mum who is fighting an evil ex who wont cough up, but at the same time, I am a daughter helping my dad fight his ex (younger than him) who is trying to claim he is swindling her out of child support, when he can prove he has paid her every penny she is legally entitled to. Therefore I can see it from both angles.

After speaking to a manager at the CSA recently for my dad, it is illegal for the CSA to take more than 40% of your earnings, and they would have provided you with a letter stating what the minimum per week / month is that they will allow you to live on. Their computer system does not allow them to deviate from that.

Write to the CEO of the CSA, or even get your MP to do it. Provide copies of your company books, your bank statements and your partners bank statements as evidence of what you have coming in and going out. If your ex is making out you are living a lifestyle significanlty above what you say you earn, it is up to you to prove otherwise. If you are telling the truth, that will be easy for you. Always start your letter “I am writing to complain…” rather than “I am very annoyed…”. If you write saying you are complaining, then they will take it as a complaint and have to follow their complaints procedures. If you write saying you are annoyed, it will have no impact what so ever.

Ask for copies of your case file – they have a legal obligation under the freedom of information act to provide this. This will include every letter your ex has written to them.

Ask to have your income re-assessed. Legally, you are entitled to do this every 6 weeks as long as you can provide the evidence.

If you are only earning £9k a year, surely you would be better off leaving your business and going on the dole?? You will have to pay £5 a week child support out of your income support / JSA and thats it. Then, you can look for a job as an employee, rather than a self employed person, and the CSA will be able to assess you from your PAYE.

]]> By: TMD http://www.csahell.com/csa-threaten-to-take-money-from-my-employer-156.html/comment-page-1#comment-816 TMD Tue, 26 May 2009 08:18:58 +0000 http://www.csahell.com/?p=156#comment-816 Smell a bit of a rat with this one - so much woe. I would not be paying fines that had accrued when my ex had the car - parking tickets etc You will get no account taken for personal items/ clothing etc that you buy the kids - You may qualify for a 'departure' in regard of your travel to collect and drop off your children - this in respect of fuel/ toll charges etc and this will need to be applied for - after a maintenance assessment has been calculated - not real time costs though I am afraid. You can also claim the same if you have travel to work expenses - that are high. You need to speak with a case worker - hold it together and simply explain your position - if true and your ex wife is lying etc then reason should prevail - reason with them in a cool manner - it does work. As stated mind at the start of this answer I smell a rat - your whole message smacks of real self pity and possibly too much woe to be wholly true - of course I could be wrong .. Smell a bit of a rat with this one – so much woe.
I would not be paying fines that had accrued when my ex had the car – parking tickets etc
You will get no account taken for personal items/ clothing etc that you buy the kids -
You may qualify for a ‘departure’ in regard of your travel to collect and drop off your children – this in respect of fuel/ toll charges etc and this will need to be applied for – after a maintenance assessment has been calculated – not real time costs though I am afraid. You can also claim the same if you have travel to work expenses – that are high.
You need to speak with a case worker – hold it together and simply explain your position – if true and your ex wife is lying etc then reason should prevail – reason with them in a cool manner – it does work.
As stated mind at the start of this answer I smell a rat – your whole message smacks of real self pity and possibly too much woe to be wholly true – of course I could be wrong ..

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