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Can someone please explain the position with regard to how the CSA view additional salary benifits (Car allowance specifically for unmarried couples now seperated) what the position is if a father is forced to upgrade or buy a car out of his savings to visit his child - Is this cost or a percentage of this car he bought (just before the CSA were called in to make an assessment) deducabe from CSA maintainace calculated - ie it is a benifit which he enjoyed and his partner is now receiving a % in their CSA maintainace assessment - payment but he needed to buy a car from all or part of this allowance and if this is taken into consideration.
As far as I understand the question, the CSA base their calculation on takehome pay, so I think that will include the car allowance. They do make an allowance for costs in keeping in contact with your child, but I'm not sure that they would take the costs of buying the car as one of these costs. You could try a variation on this basis as it costs nothing to try.
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