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Paying less than CMS amount

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clpsmum · 02/07/2022 09:45

Posted in money matters too but not had any response so hoping somebody can help
Me

My ex has been sent a letter by CMS telling him he is to
Pay an amount which is higher than the amount he currently pays. However he is ignoring letter and continuing to pay the rate he always did (this is about 25% less). Is there anything I can do? Will CMS change it to collect and pay if I contact them?

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Starlightstarbright1 · 02/07/2022 16:19

yes... You need to record it on the website..
I am not sure how effective they are but it is part of debt he is accruing...

My Ex ignored letters ( different issue) for about 6 months before they threaned collect method..He suddenly responded

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clpsmum · 02/07/2022 16:44

Thank you I will have a look and see if I can report online xx

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unicornsarereal72 · 02/07/2022 18:23

Phone then and ask to move to collect and pay. He had his chance.

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clpsmum · 02/07/2022 18:59

@unicornsarereal72 yes I'm thinking that tbh. No more ms reasonable from me he's a scumbag. It's all mind games

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Aerish · 02/07/2022 20:46

You can report a partial none payment online, I would do that and ask for collect and pay. It doesn't set up straight away but it's a good way for them to monitor all payments and accrue a debt that he owes to his child if he doesn't pay properly.

DancingintheDark17 · 05/07/2022 00:22

I had similar situation, however my ex would pay less, miss a payment, then pay more. I'm guessing was depending on his overtime and if he had plans or not, lower amounts or nothing we're usually when he was going on holiday or concerts etc. At first it would even itself out, although nightmare for me to budget. I knew changing rooms collect and pay would cause a lot of arguments which I wasn't ready to deal with, that was until he went a few months with no payments or help towards uniforms etc. I reported to CMS, and because we had already set up the direct pay, I just had to give dates/amounts of all payments and then they worked out what was still outstanding. Luckily payments were through bank transfer so I got my years statements and highlighted every payment from him as prooor aswell. Took a couple weeks to work out, I'm sure they need to send him letter first giving chance to come to arrangement etc but he failed to reply. So they worked out arrears then added to our following years plan, which unfortunate for him average his salary (he hadn't been seeing our soon for a while as was working away, which meant lots of overtime). The collect and pay was set up no problem and started before I expected. Actually worked out great, now I get the same amount every week (except his sick week, however the following weeks were higher to counter it). I'm still made out to be bad one for doing it, so I'm so glad I've kept proof of how many chances I gave him prior to decision. It's nearly been a year and he wants to go back to direct pay, as the extra 20% fee is quite a large amount for him, however no chance I'm letting him do what he done before 🤦🏻‍♀️ basically do what's right for you, your entitled to it, but be careful do everything by the book and keep your evidence.

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clpsmum · 07/07/2022 07:58

That's two weeks now that he has not paid the correct amount. The CMS are already doing an investigation as the amount that he says he earns does not tally up with what he is actually getting. I will wait until I hear back regarding that and if he's still not paid the full amounts then I'll ask for collect and pay. So many deadbeat dads out there it's disgusting. I know there are mums too but dads seem to far outweigh them xx

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DancingintheDark17 · 10/07/2022 09:11

@clpsmum fingers crossed you get it sorted soon.. if it's any help working out money owed, I know when CMS calculated my sons dads salary they used the previous tax year, they then used overall figure and averaged it out over the 52 weeks. Unfortunate for him he had loads of overtime during that time, as wasn't taking our son much either, which resulted in them calculating a much higher amount. I'm not complaining but it does mean he gets same amount taking of his wage even when only 5 days instead of 6/7 days.. x

BalloonsAndWhistles · 10/07/2022 09:15

Defo contact CMS. What a tosser, why shouldn’t HIS kids share in the fact that he’s earning more now?

TeachesOfPeaches · 10/07/2022 09:20

He will have to pay a fee to CMS when moved to collect and pay also.

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