CSA Question

[Inanna]

I am really really peeved right now. Okay as you know I am now a single parent - have been for a while. The FWEXH usually pays his CS late. He pays through the agency because before I did this he wouldn't pay at all.

He has a debt to me. It's only for $500 but that is my girls ballet fees for the term and their costumes. The FWEXH won't pay any extra for anything. I don't even bother asking as I'm told there are 1000's of single mothers coping just fine on much less than "what I GIVE you"... He fails to understand that the CS he pays lowers my FTB part A to a very low amount. That our children were doing these activities before he started playing hide the sausage with my friend etc etc (yes still a bit bitter! ).

Anyway the debt. CSA phoned me this morning to tell me he has arranged to repay the debt at an extra $80 per month until it's paid.

This man is on close to $150,000 per year. PLUS cash bonuses that he doesn't disclose.

Can anyone tell me why this is okay? Why it's okay that he is allowed to do this?

I feel so so so close to blowing the whistle at all his under the counter payments. Shoud I?

I feel so freaking angry....

[LimeSlice]

I know less than nothing about CS payments...but hell yes I would tell them everything.
Sounds like the dipstick deserves it.
they are running an ad here for TT about "dob in a dirtbag" - they are talking about losers who graffiti buses, but I think it can apply in this instance quite suitably.

GL

[Inanna]

Thanks Limey. Dirtbag is apt...

[~clover~]

My friend has been screwed over for the year too. She recieved NO cs last financial year, so his tax was paid out to her. Obviously for last financial year her payments were lower coz he was supposed to pay a certain amount.
Anyway, he has been nice this financial year & paid whats owed for 09/10. BUT coz she got his tax from last year & it was paid in THIS fin year, its classed as this years income. So she's lost $150 a f/n.
How is that fair? What about all the money she lost last year when he wasn't paying? Is that just forgotten about?
Anyway...bit of a vent that drives me nuts, coz she's really struggling & apparently they aren't reviewing again til Jan '11 for some reason.

[~*familyof3*~]

Yep i would report it to them My ex is the same he works in the mines and knows how to hide a lot of his income he also owens a home but put it in his mothers name so it doesnt show as his asset i reported it to them......he got busted big time!!! He would pay the morgage on it in weekly payments to his mum via net bank and they traced it at. If you have any thing to back up what he is doing or any info that can help them i would call them and ask.Why not.

My ex see's it the same as well that he earns it why should i get so much it dont take all that to raise a child......but thats not how they base it they base it on if he were here what would he be spending on the child(also with account of course of what it does coast).

As for getting rewiews clover she can request a review if she has a good reason like change or circumstance ect

[briggsy's girl]

i would report him - but this is a decision only you can make as you take into account the impact on you and your family. will he know for sure that it's you doing the tip off (is he stupid enough to let others know?) - if he KNOWS it's you, will it then be something he uses against you with your kids "no, i can't do that for you, your mum got me in trouble so i don't have so much money now" etc

if you think it's something that would be traced to you, can you get a friend to do a tip off and ensure that it's very generic (while being very specific lol) to make it seem like they have the details but are vague about numbers etc to keep you out of the firing line?

[briggsy's girl]

My friend has been screwed over for the year too. She recieved NO cs last financial year, so his tax was paid out to her. Obviously for last financial year her payments were lower coz he was supposed to pay a certain amount.
Anyway, he has been nice this financial year & paid whats owed for 09/10. BUT coz she got his tax from last year & it was paid in THIS fin year, its classed as this years income. So she's lost $150 a f/n.
How is that fair? What about all the money she lost last year when he wasn't paying? Is that just forgotten about?

any money that was deducted from her payment for the financial year that she didnt' receive is paid back at reconcilliation time (so tax time) - there is also the option to ONLY have your payment impacted by what CS you receive if you have an irregular payer...

[briggsy's girl]

My friend has been screwed over for the year too. She recieved NO cs last financial year, so his tax was paid out to her. Obviously for last financial year her payments were lower coz he was supposed to pay a certain amount.
Anyway, he has been nice this financial year & paid whats owed for 09/10. BUT coz she got his tax from last year & it was paid in THIS fin year, its classed as this years income. So she's lost $150 a f/n.
How is that fair? What about all the money she lost last year when he wasn't paying? Is that just forgotten about?

any money that was deducted from her payment for the financial year that she didnt' receive is paid back at reconcilliation time (so tax time) - there is also the option to ONLY have your payment impacted by what CS you receive if you have an irregular payer...