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Fuming Tonight,
Having been told by a caller at CSA/CMA, that Deduction of earning is taken before tax I worked out my income and how I’m going to pay the bills. Turns out this is wrong!!!
It’s actually taken after tax. So
I pay 40% tax, and as it’s a DEO on direct pay, they then take another 20%
This leaves me with 54% of my gross pay, and barely enough to cover the bills.
For my ex who earns a tidy sum, plus what I pay it’s all fine!!
I don’t understand why outgoings and other parties income aren’t taken into account
hi,
am sorry to hear that. did you refuse to pay maintenance at the start?
No, had a family based arrangement, paid consistently until my income fell to a point that I couldn’t pay.
Got a new job, and she went straight to them and said I hadn’t paid ( even though we agreed an arrangement) they went straight to DEO, despite uploading 2.5 years bank statements, wage slips and text messages.
I now owe 4.8k in arrears, receive only 46% of my gross income. And having been taxed at 40% because of how much I earn they add 20% onto it.
Disgraceful. I feel for you mate, the courts are happy to enforce child maintenance payments but will not enforce contact orders.
They wont go on a DEO straight away as the case opens, so you must of had a case for a while? This doenst make sense.
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