Tax Credits - ex having ds for occasional sleepovers

[SingleMum01]

If my XH has my DS for sleepovers - maybe once a week or once a month, would this affect my tax credit claim?

hi, no, not tax credits. i think it does affect maintenance though, although i think it is only once it gets to more regular sleepovers.

as I don't get maintenance anyway, that will be okay. Thanks Single1ds

tax credits do not take into account any tax free money - so this would include maintenecnce, interest on an isa, or other money that is legit tax free - it is based on your earnings and your child and your child care.

CSA count sleep overs and the more that are had the less the money

would they reduce the amount if there was one sleepover per week/month? Or would it need to be more than that? I get £5 a week.

over 52 nights per year - but at £5 per week I think not..

They round it down. So if your ex had your ds one overnight per week it would count as 52 overnights a year, and the calculation would be reduced by 1/7th.
If however he only had him two overnights a month that counts as 26 overnights a year and it gets rounded down to zero.

It has to average out to at least one (two, three) a week and then payment will be reduced by 1/7th (2/7ths, 3/7ths) accordingly.