CSA stay at home dad payments?

[bunny101]

Can anyone give me info as the web is not helping............ If we become a stay at home dad family what will the csa take into account as income?

Hubby will have no as income.
Wife with work have her wages, wtc, ctc and child benefit payed to her.

From what i can see on the web csa will take the ctc into account and we will make a payment from that income.... am i right??

Before people start shooting me down here i'm trying to do the best for my family xx

op the issue of whether tax credit is assessed for CM calculation purposes is v. Complicated - it took months for us to get a straight answer out of the CSA.

Eventually, they decided, and assessed DH, based on who was the higher earner; so when I was earning more, it wasn't assessed as my DHs income, but when he was earning more, it was assessed as his income. When we earned about the same, they assessed 50% of it as his income?!?

The CTC element was disregarded completely but they said that was because DH isn't my DDs Dad and we don't have any together.

If your DSD has moved out of her mums home and in with her boyfriend, then CM is no longer payable - and her mum should not be claiming CB for a non-resident DC, regardless of her age/education status.

It isn’t as straight forward as a young person moving out of the home to live with a boyfriend not qualifying for Child Benefit. Under the Child Benefit (General) Regulations for example, a young person under the age of 20 and in education still qualifies for Child Benefit purposes if they are cohabiting with someone who is also in education and training.

OP, although the intentions of posters are well meant this thread is full of confusion about the different schemes and misinformation. Your husband would get more reliable information about where he stands by phoning and speaking directly to CM Options.

Surely a 19 y/o cohabiting with another of the same age, both available for work depending on hours, (2 days a week might be under the threshold, not sure what the college hours rule is now but if CB is min 12 hrs and JSA is max 16 hours... ) could claim Jobseekers in their own right and be better off than a parent getting maintenance?

I left home at 18 still doing A levels and my mum had to give up her Child Benefit.

If she really has moved out, might your OH be better paying his daughter an allowance direct?

Under the Child Benefit (General) Regulations for example, a young person under the age of 20 and in education still qualifies for Child Benefit purposes if they are cohabiting with someone who is also in education and training

Paid to the parent? The advice I was given by the DWP was different!

Well, the daughter won't be able to claim any of her own benefits if her mum still gets CB, so in practice, that rule may apply, but would seldom be applied iyswim.

No we are doing the best thing for OUR family.

So you don't consider your stepdaughter part of your family?