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Please bear with me as this is complicated or at least it is for me.
My ex started a new case with the CMS last April which is due for review in May next year. I've been paying the amount calculated by the CMS for the 2 children since then direct to her.
The final payment under the current plan is set for May next year. Whilst my salary is higher than that being used by the CMS its under the 25% increase so they've not been advised which I believe is correct.
I've now had notice of redundancy and my last working day will be 30/03/18 and I will have no income beyond that date nor do I expect to have. My final payments will take my annual earnings above the 25% threshold though obviously my circumstances will have changed as I will be out of work. My final payment will allow me to pay the agreed amount in early April, but beyond that how do I ensure that the CMS see my income as zero? If I supply my P60 when its available (probably not before the May payment is due) it will show that my income is higher than it was when they made the calculations last year and I'm concerned that they will expect me to pay on this basis not my true current income of zero.
Can someone please reassure me that I wont be expected to pay what I don't have and if they'd seek payments on the increase salary as arrears for last year even though it didn't breach the 25%.
Thank you
Hi There,
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You need to contact them and inform them of your redundancy, and let them know you will be out of work as of March 2018if you have no income then your amount to pay should be nill, I think if you tell them now they will just ask you to call back in March, but I would call them anyway and ask them to place a note on file that you have been in contact.
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GTTS
So would I be liable to cover the short fall even though the change was under 25% and I paid the amounts due. If I was could they ask for it in one payment.
Any o ther comments guys?
Hi my first post here I'm new here mayn't be 100% related but last year for 6 months the job i was doing had financial problems and resulted in me along with other employees not getting paid for nearly 5 months in total which obviously with a family of 5 including my son was very tough. The CSA saw paperwork to prove this even the small claims court case which i won and this didn't make a difference they added the 5 months and classed it as a debt so this year when i started my last job i was paying 200 over what should be plus 20% for the arraignment order they were ruthless even though i travel 70 miles to collect my son from school and from his mums house when he comes with me back to Yorkshire every other weekend and that costs me 200 every month just think its really unfair the whole system not sure what everyone thinks? Theres so much more to tell this is just regarding the gents post.
Thanks for sharing that Lukejfozzi7. The trouble with a system that has to serve so many people is that one size just doesn't fit all, yet this is the situation that the paying parent has to deal with.
as you say they can be ruthless and they can also get it wrong, but getting them to acknowledge their mistake and put it right, is a mammoth task sometimes.
I often feel that any advice we can give on this subject is inadequate and the only thing that would help is a change of the rules, but as the "new system"was only introduced in 2012, I can't see change coming any time soon.
If they do expect an arrears payment from you, I wouldn't have thought that they would take it in one go, but this isn't my area of expertise, hopefully someone will be along later to answer your questions with more clarity Rockpoolie. The CMS do have an appeals/complaints process that you could try if you remain dissatisfied with them, and if you get nowhere with that, you can ask your local MP to help you.
Best of luck
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