I feel sick, ex just called to say reducing maintenance

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in a state of panic, exh is on 35000 s year.
He has the 3 dc's every other week for 3 nights.

He was giving me 415 per month he now says due to having to pay more tax because of his company car he will only be giving me 215 per month.

Doesn't seam right at all, but he won't have it.

I was expecting something like this as I told him last week Dp and I are getting married.

Who calculated it? I thought it was based on income and not out goings

I did have a look at the calculator but I only know his gross earning not his ni or tax, he says he's paying very high tax due to company car so his net income is low.

Sounds like a dodge to me to try to reduce your payments. Can you get your solicitor on the case?

If you know which car he's getting, you can go to the HMRC website and there is a calculator which will tell you how much tax he's paying.

You'll have to get some details off the manufacturers website too - list price and CO2 emissions.

Yes it's what he's worked out, not through CSA

Ok thanks will have a look it's a huge black four by four a Nissan navarna. Cant afford a solicitor unfortuanlty

His gross is £35000

He's halving his children's money to tax a car?

What a gem of a man.

legal aid?

Phone Csa ASAP!
Men!!!!!!

Get on to the CSA and let them handle it.

Just call the CSA and let them find out what car it is

What a tightarse, I mean honestly

Will ring the CSA tomorrow, don't think I'm entitled to legal aid as Dp earns too much.
Really hope it's not true, don't know how we'll manage 200 less a month, really stings as exh spent the day with the dc's in ikea on Sunday buying all new furniture for his new place. Hes just separated from the ow so it probably as something to do with it.

Thanks will be brave and call them tomorrow

CSA is based on gross income less:

NI
Tax (inc, unfortunately, tax on co. cars)
Pension contributions paid from salary.

& he then pays 15% for one child, 20% for two, or 25% for three or more.

If he has the children for more than 52 nights per year, he's entitled to make a pro rata deduction.

Based on the CSA calculator, if he's getting more than £240 net a week after allowing for tax (and if he's not, then the tax has halved his net income which seems unlikely) then you're entitled to more than the £215/month he's offering you.

Oh gawd, so having a company car really does mean the Kids get a lot less :-(

The problem is they see it as a benefit in kind and tax you as if you received the money in lieu of a car. I do feel for you, my sister had the exact same thing happen when she announced she was moving in with her new partner.

But in order for his level of support for the children to have dropped the way he's trying to suggest, his take-home pay would have had to have halved because of having the car. Do you think that's likely? More likely is that his total take-home has dropped by £200 pcm because of the car tax and he's trying to shift the whole of that loss onto you.