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Can anyone please tell me if the CSA would take my soon to be new wifes wages into account aswell
Hi Spider51.
Thank you for your post. I am William the Child Maintenance Options consultant.
As actd has said the Child Support Agency (CSA) would only take your income in to account when calculating child maintenance. This includes earnings and money from an occupational or personal pension. They use the amount of income left after deductions such as Income Tax, National Insurance and any money paid into a personal pension scheme.
They also take in to account any Child or Working Tax Credits that you or your new partner may receive. This is because it is classed as a household income.
The only time Working Tax Credits would not be taken in to account is if your partner is the main earner in your household. However, Child Tax Credits are always taken in to account.
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