EX doesn’t pay CSA because is not a UK taxpayer
I have been trying to establish some grounds where the CSA is concerned for the last 2 years or more, by even writing to my local MP, House of Commons and even the Prime Minister.
My ex husband has been allowed by British Law to avoid paying CSA for the last 4 years, even though he earns a very handsome wage through an employer. My ex-husband has started businesses of his own (registered online), worked for cash in hand on various occassions and now under goes employment in the maritime security sector, which most people know pays very well (at least 5K every month to 6 weeks). Because my ex-husband earns his money and it is paid into an off-shore account, he is able to avoid paying child maintenance and income taxes but is resident in the UK when not on task.
He is not out of the country long enough at any one period to qualify for a sea ferrers allowance. But still he cannot apparently be held accountable to pay child maintenance because he is not a UK tax payer.
How is this fair to not just me as the mother of his first born child, but also to all the other tax payers that are compensating for these tax avaiders and their downfall in responsibility. They reep what good our country has to offer, but does not want to pay toward our country’s up keep, and while this is still allowed to happen everybody else is picking up their portion of the bill. Most importantly men like him (which I am sure their are many more) also adding to the strain of trying to support and nurture this generation of children. While I understand and appreciate to some degree that the agency’s hands are tied because of how the law is at the moment!
There really needs to be a huge change in the law and this should be something the CSA need to join forces over with the parents that are in these sort of predicaments and contribute toward a fight in government against men & women such as my ex-husband and put an end to such foul play.
They should be just as responsible to the children they have left behind if not emotionally at least finacially, as to contribute to a easier upbringing, which in turn would at least give these children a chance to where they have better self-esteem as the parent left holding them wouldn’t have such a struggle through financial poverty!
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I get £5 per week child maintenance for my two children as my ex is getting £170 income support and is working cash in hand on the side. Your story doesn’y seem fair and I think CSA is a joke!
Hi,
I’m in exactly the same position, I have searched the internet looking for someone who has been in the same/similar situation.
Have you had advice from a solicitor/court?
Hi,
I am so sorry to hear you are in the same predicament, I have every sympathy. I have seeked legal advice and still came up against a brick wall.
I have seeked advice about something called a ‘reciprical order/Remo’ through the courts. However this can be a very costly. There are other routes available if you had a court order in place that has been broken, this can be acted upon almost instantly through the courts.
I could not persue a broken order as I have not got one in place. Apparently it could be very difficult to persue a ‘Remo’ because my ex resides in this country and not in the country where his wages are paid into his account. It would be very difficult to enforce it as he is not living there, but here in the UK.
Also if the country in which they are paid is not part of the enforcement of the remo act alliance, then unfortunately that is useless to us also!
No matter what it seems useless!
It is a very unfair situation that over time I have had to just except and get on with, as it seems until a law is passed that could protect parents like ourselves, we will never achieve anything unless these non-present, non-supportive parents have a prick of their own concience and maybe do the right thing and not continue to point score and repeatidly try and hurt us, the ones that are left holding the children.
You have a free hour available to you by most good solicitors, your case may differ slightly to mine. But I would most definately seek some legal advice and take full advantage of the free time if they offer it! If you should win your case there could be every chance that you could claim costs from your ex, but it could all be a very timly process and by the time you may win, he could then preach he is unemployed again and you will be granted payment in pennies and see nothing of any substance that will help in the here and now.
The system is very unfair and big changes are needed.
They say ‘Justice for Fathers’, how about ‘Justice for mothers’?, we seem to be forgotten and penalised.
No matter what emotional baggage comes with these obsconders, these differences should be put aside for the sake of the children! Don’t they deserve to have some sort of decent childhood that they can look back on one day and say “No matter what! both my parents provided me with the best in life they could, whether they were around or not! Both provided for me!”
We are the ones picking up all the pieces and slogging our guts out to try and give our children (that we didn’t make on our own!) just a chance at some sort of a reasonable life, while these fat cat non-present, non-paying parents, get richer and do nothing financially right by their kids, their own flesh and blood!
I hope in some way somebody of any importance in Government or high places that could possibly do something about these changes are reading this and empathises with our situation. The big loop holes this country’s laws have at this very time need to be no more it has continued for too long already and how many more children are going to fall victim with situations such as this.???
They should pay their taxes in this country that they reep the benefits from or go live in the country that their wages are paid and be drafted onto their jobs from there. They should not be allowed to earn money like that and pay nothing towards taxes anywhere in the world why is this possible, they earn enough? If this would be the case, court orders and remo’s would have a chance to be enforced!
Not only are these parents depriving their children we are having to pay their portion of their residing country’s tax bill! If they have responsibilities in this country they should be made to pay regardless, otherwise confiscate their passports so that they can’t go and earn this money and get away with not supporting their children. It would be a win win for our kids!
I hope some of this was helpful, good luck
Hi claire,
Your completely right it’s absolutely disgusting that this is allowed to happen.
I have gone directly to the courts and seeked legal advice but no one can help. I completed the forms for a Remo, but was then told it couldn’t go ahead because he was a resident in the uk! I’ve also contacted the tax office and have been told he has to complete a self assessment for earnings abroad if he is living in the uk, so why can’t the csa use that assessment? I’m going to appeal
agsinst the csa,s decision, whether it will get me anywhere, who knows!
am in the ame position, after ht eh csa wrongly told me for 4 years they could get money from him, 9 years down the line still never had a penny. but they still telling my mate whose hubby had gone off to do maritime security that they can get the money from him , giving her false hope and a huge phone bill ringing them! They are a joke