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Hi All
I have a CMS assessment which my income figure includes my company car and private medical, ironic as the medical covers the children.
Having been reading some of the Government Publications on the CMS I have found a document that states income is gross salary.
Extract from https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7771/CBP-7771.pdf
4. Gross weekly income – what it does, and doesn’t, include
Child maintenance is calculated on the basis of the non-resident parent’s gross salary i.e. before deducting Income Tax and National Insurance.
However, the CMS definition is not simply the gross salary figure, but rather that figure after occupational or personal pension scheme contributions have been deducted.4
This means it is possible for a non-resident parent to reduce the gross weekly income figure that CMS uses – and so reduce their child maintenance liability – by increasing their pension contributions. For more information on this point, see section 11.
In addition, the non-resident parent may have interest from savings (“unearned taxable income”) or pay their income to their partner. These are not automatically included in the child maintenance calculation, but rather a “variation” has to be applied for.
Anyone have any comments on the above, as my understanding is that salary is actual £s not benefits in kind
The only point that I know about is the pension contributions being deducted from the gross income amount before the calculation is made.
It seems unfair that they include your company car and private medical in your income.
Child maintenance isn’t my area I’m afraid so I’m not much help, sorry.
If you're looking for information about the CMS, you could check out www.voiceofthechild.org.uk they have quite a few articles on the policies and procedures of the CMS that you may find helpful.
Best of luck
all i can suggest is if you want an easier life, become self-employed. that way you have much more control over your income. its been like 4 months since i registered with cms, and i am yet to make a payment lol. and its not my fault. just waiting on them...
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