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One of the regular complaints that we receive at this website is the fact that the CSA will not take into account dividends received by a non-resident parent when preparing an assessment. This has had quite devastating effects when a non-resident parent has control of his or her own company – this means, for example, that a non-resident parent could pay himself or herself a minimum wage – but take the rest of the salary in company dividends.
Fortunately (at long last) the CSA has moved to close this loophole. Under to the Child Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2005 dividend income will now be taken into account if the
non-resident parent has the ability to control the amount of income he receives from a company or business including earnings from employment or self employment and the Secretary of State is satisfied that the non-resident parent is receiving the income from that company or business which would not otherwise fall to be taken into account under that maintenance calculations and special cases regulations. This change came into effect on the 15 March 2005
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From enquiries that we have made it is apparent that many of the CSA staff are not aware of this change in the law. It is particularly important that parents with care bring this to the attention of the CSA if this income is being excluded.
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| Saturday 6 September 2008 |
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This website gives general information relating to the Child Support Agency.
We invite you to subscribe to our ‘Part 2’.
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Practical advice about how to make progress with cases.
Information about ‘how to complain’.
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© Fyefield 2004
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