Child maint question - CSA

[ChasingSquirrels]

Just wondering about CSA and hoped someone would know the answer.

When maint is paid through payroll deduction and CSA, is it at the set percentage of net amount or is it a set amount (£'s) which then has to be reassessed if salary changes.
If the NRP receives a bonus through the payroll, would the set percentage of that automatically be taken?

TIA

Sorry I can't help with your question, but I was wondering a similar thing, my x hasn't yet paid any maintenance yet,(been seperated 14 months) but he gets paid on a commission basis so how does that get worked out?

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i've never heard of them working with percentages.
For example, if the father is on JSA (£45PW) or incapacity (for claiming theyre mental/depressed) (£150pw) they sti.ll only have £5pw taken from them, you would think in the latter instance they'd have to pay more, but no..

Try asking on the MoneySavingExpert Child Support forum (google it).

I am pretty sure the Employer is told to deduct a set percentage if the earnings are over £200 a week net. They are told a max they can take too. But not 100% sure. There are ex/current CSA employees who post on the forum I mentioned.

It depends on which CSA scheme you are on. Cases from before March 2003 are assessed with a complicated formula that few people understand and not on a percentage basis.

Cases after March 2003 are assessed on a percentage of income after deductions for tax/National Insurance/pension. Bonuses and commission count as pay or salary.

From 2011 cases will start moving towards CSA3 and instead of income net of the usual deductions calculations will be based on gross pay before deductions. This already happens when the nonresident parent is self employed. However, the % is slightly less - 12% for one child instead of 15% etc.

thanks.
not actually going through CSA as ex pays main no problem. But we agreed an amount 2 years ago based on his salary at the time, and I wondered if going through CSA would make those conversations about increases easier.

If things have been going ok privately, I would approach him about a reassessment privately first. You wont lose out.

If you went to the CSA, they wouldn't automatically add a Detachment of Earnings onto him. That is normally reserved for non compliant Non Resident Parent's. They should offer him the choice to set up a standing order into your account to pay a set amount each month ... a set percentage worked out on his current income.

It's up to the NRP or Parent With Care to notify the CSA of an increase in income/request a reassessment due to a possible increase in income.

How is your relationship with him now? Could you just query as it has been 2 years, you were wondering if he has had an increase in income as "if we were going through the CSA, I could request an reassessment and they would look to see if what you're supposed to be paying would change". Also be aware, that the amount could go down if he is earning less.

thanks.
yes appreciate that it could go down (but fairly certain that he isn't earning less).
relationship is fine, as it stands. just that this is a tricky thing.
I guess I just need to get on with divorce and look at having something written into it that we have an annual reassessment and I get a copy of his p60 or similar.
didn't really want to go down the csa route, but didn't know that attachment to earnings wasn't normal - thanks.