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:boohoo: anyone help with ideas or imformation i hae issues with child maintance fees they are to high for what i earn/take home they eccessed me before tax and over bills and 2 doubts i have dont get taken into concideration witch i feel is totally wrong and i have been fighting child maintance with theses fees and for that reason they have not got payments from as i only earn £280 a week £250 after tax and n.i but after paying rent and bills i have been living off £30 a week and for this couldnt not afford the £32.50pw per child i have 2 children that is £65 a week i personally do not have that and for this they have added 20% charges on top plus 20% collections fees per week and now doing attactment of earning witch they want to take from and if i can not pay rent and bills i will be homeless and wont be able to afford getting to work so will also lose my job as a reach truck driver on minimum wage with agency and my ex has recently stopped me seeing my children due to police action were i was violently attack by my ex so for this all to he happening i feel down and cant feel i can take anymore of this my current partner is not happy with this also as shes helping to support myself with travel fees and citizens advice only tells me to get a solicitor witch i can not afford child maintance are crawl and shouldnt be allowed to take so much from you if you have so little.
please help with anything
Hi
I'm afraid there isn't any way around the payments you are making - the CMS have a set calculation, and there is no leeway in this. It's based on your earnings before tax, and the 20% is presumably because you are in arrears and so are now on the collect and pay system (not sure about the 20% collections fee though - you could query this, unless it's not a fee, but actually the arrears you are paying off)
Hi There,
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As actd has said you are really stuck, CMS will collect the money and they won't allow any more debt to mount up, It isn't a great situation as they will take the back payments from your wage which will as you say leave you without enough to live on.
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Have you tried to appeal the decision, not to over turn the amount you owe or have to pay, but to maybe get the amount you pay back off the debt reduced but extended over a longer term to give you a little more each month to live on.
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GTTS
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