Arrears made up by the CSA

July 22, 2011

I was told by the CSA that I owe at first worked out at £2700 now they inform me that I owe £3740 in the space of 4 to 6Wks the person I spoke to looked at my record back to 2006 with no sign of missed payments.

In November I asked for a breakdown of the arrears but with no response from the CSA what can I do as they want to take money direct from my pay of payments I am unable to survive on due to a wage of £214 take home before any bills are paid.

Child Support Agency charges under scrutiny by government committee

July 22, 2011

The government’s controversial decision to charge parents for using the child support agency to help them resolve their child support issues has been condemned by a select committee for the Department of Work and Pensions.

In the report it published, the committee called the plans “excessive” and stated that the government should be focusing on aiding parents to make voluntary arrangements for child support, rather than focusing on charging for the use of their service. The committee feels that the government needs to offer much more support to separated parents, rather than simply having Read more

I want my money back from the Child Support Agency!

July 22, 2011

Straight forward case – mum (me) has our daughter so dad pays CSA; dad has our sons so I pay CSA. We both pay each other via CSA with DEO on both of us!

However, when my responsibility stopped (youngest son now 18 so I don’t have to pay maintenance) CSA forgot to cancel my DEO.
I ring to enquire, get an apology, but no action taken…DEO not cancelled for another 3 months! so I’ve paid an extra 3 installments when I didn’t have to.

This was back in Sept 2008 and I’m still waiting for them to return the money they ‘stole’ from me. The ridiculous thing is they happily admit they made a mistake and failed in their duty to cancel my DEO on time.

However, what they also say is they took the opportunity at that time to do a breakdown Read more

CSA Overpayment

July 21, 2011

I was informed whilst serving in the military in Afghanistan in 2001 that I was named as the father and would have to start paying £283 per month.  I found out a few months ago that my son was taken into care in 2003 and therefore was not liable for CSA.

I ‘overpaid’ £24k from 2003 – 2010 I have received this money back plus a small Read more

Tax refund interception by the CSA

July 21, 2011

In the past two years i have been in and out of work. I owe money to the csa. I am not eligible for any centrelink payments coz i havent been in Australia long enough to qualify for any benefits. I told the csa all this information and the situation i am in. They still took all my my tax refund leaving me homeless and without any means of finding a job. No money = no train tickets, no phone to apply for jobs, no accomadation. Basically im stuffed. I was told by PRUE at the CSA that it was up to the ATO to decide weather csa would get my tax refund but The ATO said it was up to the CSA. I was lied to and as a result im destitute. I tried to ake an application for hardship but it fell on deaf ears.

CSA pack up at the end of the day not caring about what happens as long as they get money out of people that are in dire financial hardship. They go home to a home and there families and come back to a job the next day.

What about the people that dont because of there decisions. They should be called the Department of Liars especially that PRUE from CSA australia for lying to me.

Ex lying about csa arrears

July 20, 2011

I am in desperate need of some advice please…

I separated from my ex wife in 2004 and have been making regular payment for child maintainance for an amount agreed between us. she has now contacted the csa and said she has not received a penny between 2004 and 2009 and i have now received an arrear bill for almost £9000. My dilema is that the payments were not always made through a standing order(cash was paid directly into her account each month)and they say i must prove that the payments were made..I do not have all recepits, infact i have only a few (stupdity on my part I know)I now have to try adn contact my bank and get every single statement from 2004 to try and prove i have been paying.

Csa have said there is nothing else i can do and even if the cash payment to her bank were proven, it must state that the money was for child maintainance..how can someone jus lie about this with no repercussions for them, i can Read more

Wealthy ex gets away without paying

July 20, 2011

My soon to be ex has not paid for our 12 year old son for nearly 2 years now. My son cant stand him and refuses to see him since he assulted my partner. Me and the kids had to leave him as he was violent. I am working full time and other than having a son i have a 17 year old daughter in college to look after, i and my solicitor have contacted the CSA numourous times and they are still telling me he does not have to pay, when i have told them everything about him and handed them the papers im using in the divorce. He drives a jaguar,drives a buggie, has his own site selling biggies and sells gadgets on ebay, he has a 15 grand pension and earns 70 odd grand a year.

Check out his site – http://www.hitechsupplies.co.uk – now ive told the CSA about his web site, and they still say that he does not need to pay.

He is constantly sending my son things through the post like presents, cheques for my sons savings account and letters saying he loves him and misses him, but non of that stuff is going to feed him and clothe him. I dont know what to do now, it is really stressing me out and mskihg me feel depressed

CSA have lost hundreds of pounds of my money

July 19, 2011

CSA took 6 years to realise that my ex could easily afford to support our 4 children. The first payment left their account but never arrived in mine on May 26th 2011. First excuse was a sort code error. Since then I have been asked to prove, in three different ways as they can’t make up their mind how or where they need the information, that I have not received this money.

They now say that they have recieved my proof and that it has been sent to the correct office for investigation. I was told this morning that I would not get my money until they had found out where it has gone and retrieved it. They have admitted that Read more

New CSA rules totally unfair to parent with care!!

July 19, 2011

I live in Scotland & my ex-hub in England. After 11 yrs of non-payment my daughter got in touch with the csa (she didnt think it fair her dad pays for his other daughter and not her or her brother)…long story short,he has tried every trick in the book to get payments reduced & fought tooth & nail with the csa throughout (they ended up getting an attachment of earnings order)…to get the payments reduced,as well as refusing to give details, delaying the process, he is now making payment through them for his other daughter because i wouldnt budge on the weekly amount the csa set (hed had a private arrangement for his other kid which the CSA didnt take into account when they worked out the amount he was due me),he also tried to apply for travel costs to send his kids home from visiting him,which were extortionate & even at that my costs to send them to his place are greater (as i dont drive),but this application got rejected.

Anyway, i have now been waiting over 4 months for a payment & have just been informed today that yet again payments will be reduced (which means more delays in receiving anything) because he has moved his girlfriend in with her 3 kids!!

I called them & asked why it had been reduced when the kids arent even his & she works (40-50k a yr job) & i was told they dont take her wages into account, “why should she pay for her partners kids” (their words, which i totally get,but read on..)…ok if thats the case then why is HE paying for kids that arent his??…uggggghhh is all i got on the phone. i quizzed them further with “..so he works to provide for his kids AND her kids and she works to provide solely for her kids because she doesnt have to pay for someone else’s!!hmmm Read more

Still paying for a child who has joined the army

July 18, 2011

I have 3 children that dont live with me and 2 that do. My oldest is 19 and in the armed forces and has been for 3years can i get the csa to re work my case I tried phoning and emailing every other day for 6months yet everytime I had to explain the complete story however I did recieve a letter august 2009 stating that my case will be reviewed and i will recieve another letter with my new Read more

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