How can they take money from one child to give to another?
I have recently had a falling out with my 12yrs old daughter which I have looked after every weekend since she was 1. I have received a request from csa and have calculated my payments at 52£ a week because I haven’t had my daughter overnight for 9 weeks I still visit and take her baby brother to see her and try to mend the bond I have my son and wife to support but I don’t mind paying this money.
I only feel that the way they are calculating my payments is that they take 15% off my working tax credits and family tax credits now I’m not sure but I wouldn’t get the payments I get if I did have a child and wife to support so my question is this how can they deduct 1 child’s money’s to give to another.
I get this money for him not for my daughter yet the csa now decide the he loses 15% of wot the laws says he is entitled too threw his parents of course but you see what I’m getting at its wrong over a year he loses a lot of money’s that should be his to be used for his care why should my ex benifit from my sons benifit
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The csa are braking rules and human rights laws all the time. I feel its now a matter of power to the people who are being unfairly effected by them to collect evidences. And a team needs making up who knows the law who then have a fund rasing team behind them to take the csa European court for braking human rights. All they would need to do is win one case which would open the flood gates to others case being heard. The CSA are a company they not part of the government they contracted out to work on behalf of the government.
Because they deduct 15% from your total net income (for the child in your household) before calculating the 15% maintenance the actual percentage for the QC is 12.75% of your total net income.
15% of 85% = 12.75%.
What they give with one hand they take with the other.
My son is seven years old I recently got a letter to say that my sons dad does not need to pay csa and my last payment will be on 6.12.2013. I am really confused as his dad does not choose to see his son. I have not stopped him from seeing his son. He is welcome to see him at any time. And he does not contribute in any way or form to look after his child. I have not been in a relationshop with my sons dad since I had my son. And he recently saw me very happy in a new relationship around 3months ago, and I think it is quite odd that I suddenly got a letter from csa now. I do not know what to do about this. Somebody help
Hi till,
Have you tried contacting the CSA on the number shown on the letter to query the reason for the change?
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On the original point, the reason that tax credits are used in because they are classed as an additional household income. It is not uncommon for things like tax credits and even child benefit to be classed as your income (anyone who has ever tried to claim housing benefit will know this!)
Here is the CSA official stance on tax credits:
“Income from Working Tax Credits may be taken into account when assessing the non-resident parent’s liability to pay child maintenance, if he or she is the only applicant, or has a partner but is the main earner within the household. Where the non-resident parent’s partner is the main earner, payments of working tax credit to the household will be disregarded.
However, payments of Child Tax Credit are always taken into account when assessing the non-resident parent’s income. That reflects the fact that couples must make a joint claim to Child Tax Credit, and therefore it can reasonably be considered part of the non-resident parent’s earnings for the purposes of a child maintenance calculation.”