Child Support Agency Gross Income Calculation (CSA3)

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Can any of the family lawyers tell me when this will come into effect for new cases? It's for a mate.

Consultation on this closed on 4 June 2012. At this stage they are talking about an implementation date of "late 2012".

You could try contacting them for more information, but it is quite early in the programme and they are unlikely to have a date yet:

1.16 Any queries about the subject matter of this consultation should be made to:
Name: Philip Geeves
Address: Collection, Enforcement and Debt Policy Team
Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission
PO Box 61791
London
SW1P 9NT^
Email: [email protected]

(Extracted from the Consultation Paper):
www.childmaintenance.org/en/pdf/cd-child-support-collection-enforcement-regs-2012.pdf

Many thanks Olgaga.

I'm not a solicitor but from past experience CSA staff very often don't know the dates of changes until shortly before they occur. The gross income scheme involves the CSA linking into HMRC and my understanding is the new computer system is due to go into operation in October, although initially it will handle only new cases and existing cases will be transferred later.

what are the new changes regarding CSA?

Maintenance will be calculated based on gross income (i.e. income before deductions for tax, NI and pensions) instead of net income. Because of this the percentage of income to be paid in maintenance goes down.

prh47bridge "the percentage of income to be paid in maintenance goes down". But what effect does that have on the amount received by the PWC?

Initially CSA3 will only apply to new claims.

There is no simple answer to how the PWC will be affected. It depends on what proportion of the non-resident parent's income is going on tax, NI and pension contributions.

To try and be a bit more helpful, let us assume that the non-resident parent has one child, receives only the personal allowance for income tax and is paying 4% of their gross income in pension contributions. My calculations suggest that if they earn £250 per week gross they will pay roughly £1.60 per week less under CSA3. If they earn £800 per week they will pay almost £11 per week more.

Many thanks prh47bridge

I came across this site yesterday following a conversation I had with DWP/CMOptions presentation team for help and support for separating families on Tuesday. www.privateagreement.co.uk it uses the CSA3 Calculator and also gives you a breakdown of CSA charges it is a very clever site in deed and I can see how it would help families.

Found this link for CSA3 calculator
www.screencast.com/t/4O3Z9hFVyp

Found this link for CSA3 calculator
www.screencast.com/t/4O3Z9hFVyp

it is currently open, but only to new cases with 4 or more qualifying children. If this doesn't apply and it's a new case, then CSA2. If an old case, whatever scheme it's always been on should apply.