Hi everyone, this is my 1st post.
My ex and I have been separated for nearly 8 years, our son is turning 8 soon. Our son never stays overnight with his Dad and sees him less than twice a month for a few hours.
Child maintenance service calculated for tax year 2021/2022 that ex earned £90.78 gross income per week which was below the £100 threshold. He was told to pay only £30 per month. He said he would continue to pay £60 a month as the previous year.
In 2022 he got a new job. He told me he was earning roughly about £500 per week. He says he is on £10 per hour. His work day usually starts at midnight and he won't finish til 2/3pm or even later.
He regularly tells me he has been working "crazy" and uses this as an excuse to ignore our son.
Few weeks ago I contacted CMS as his income has raised more than 25%. They haven't responded to this yet.
But today they gave me my annual recalculation. It states that me ex earns £90.78 per week for tax year 2022/2023. This is exactly that same as previous year when he was working a completely different job. I find this to be suspicious as I've never received the same exact weekly income in 2 different jobs in different tax years.
If this was his true income, that would mean he is working less than 1 shift per week, as 1 shift would roughly be £120.
He is not salaried and picks his own hours. He says he's technically self employed as he sends an invoice to his boss every week where they work out his wages and he gets paid on a Friday.
I'm just wondering if there is anything I can do, it seems that he is clearly lying to CMS. I don't have any solid proof of his income, other than what he has told me. I'm assuming the income checks that CMS do are not very stringent?
Does anybody have any advice? Thank you for reading 💗