Post by luke2009 on Jan 15, 2011 17:20:05 GMT 1
The government is penalising single parents who have no choice but to use the Child Support Agency as the non resident parent refuses to pay, so under the new reform you will be charged £100 to use the system (£50.00 if on benefits) and then if you have to use their money collection service the non resident parent will pay between 15% & 20% and the parent with care between 7% & 12% how is this at all fair if a non resident parent refuses to pay why should I have to pay a collection fee, as a point the govenment is trying to extinguish child poverty but this is just adding to it. My maintenance should be £140.00 per wk, (but receive nothing) under the new rulings potentially 32% of this would be given to the government as a collection fee, this is money for my child not the sodding government, within two years everyone on CSA will be moved over to the new system, there are a lot of unanswered questions I have, and am sure a lot of others will if you read the green paper, my sons father is a millionaire who has lied to the CSA about how much he earns, but under the new scheme they will use data from HMRC about their "income" does this include bank accounts, investments, offshore accounts, pensions etc, or just the pack of lies that will be submitted to HMRC which you can do when you own your own company and have a good accountant. All us single parents need to do one thing before 7th April, read the green paper and write/email to the strengthening families consultation or better still LOBBY YOUR MP & DEMAND ANSWERS Type CM7990 into google (strengthening families, promoting financial responsibility) www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/cm79/7990/7990.asp