Hi,
First time question asker but I need some advice.
I have a FVRO against my ex husband and we have 2 kids, it is currently all in the courts etc BUT! Child support I don’t care about receiving any money but I do care about the lying to the system also want correctly tracked. I have received a letter today saying the amount due to pay has been adjusted, down to $450 per year for 2 kids and I have 100% care!!
He is receiving rent cash in and hand, and suspect working cash in hand as well. He has put in he is earning $0 per year... surely CSA don’t believe people earn zip!
Can I do ANYTHING other than put in a counter claim?
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My ex went from 130 000 dollar income to zero, just like that. CSA did not even question it. This went on for 2 years, what got him in the end was actually the ATO. CSA were useless and wanted me to basically spy on my abusive ex which wasn't going to happen. The ATO are much more vigorous, they go through all their shit without them even knowing and then decide if they need to investigate further if things don't add up. Complain to the ATO and include everything you know and what they are potentially earning. The higher you guess the better. Good luck.
My ex also pays 0 it’s bullshit but he hasn’t payed in years.
For you to dispute his earnings you need to provide solid proof!
For child support to say 0 earnings he is either in jail or unemployed and being supported by a partner and not getting anything from Centrelink.
You can almost guarantee, that if he has been employed this year, he will come undone come tax time!
CSA put 0 income if its under the self support threshold which I think is still around the 18k mark, which is higher than the dole.
My ex tries this shit on every year. Self employed bullshit claiming everything as a business expense. CSA once told me the question needs to be asked - if they are earning so little why isn’t he claiming some sort of payments, travellling overseas, driving expensive cars and providing the children with expensive (but unhelpful) gifts. I do a change of assessment every year and just state a reasonable amount I wish to be paid (based on the award wage for the job he does). I don’t see why I should be the sole financial contributor to the children’s life (especially when he doesn’t even bother to visit 2 of them). I’ve been granted it every year. Apply, and send an accompanying letter, be fair (not vindictive or greedy) and do not lie.
I’m on the other side of child support.
My husband pays $1400 a month for 1 child that’s 16k per year for a son he has been denied access too for 17 years. We have 2 kids in 100% care and the kids allowance per year is 10k total and living allowance is 20k which doesn’t even cover rent.
The cost of child support increases and the cost of living stays the same.
We know the mum has been working with her dad for years so it’s definitely a dodgy situation but being overseas we have no way to prove anything.
Not only being overseas in NZ they basically just decide on the currency exchange where it’s correct or not.
My husband earns before tax approx 135k but in NZ they’ve based his CS on 145k.
In our situation CSA have done nothing but cause so much stress because the mum is lying, there is no way she can live on 20k a year in NZ with 2 kids (that we know of).
It will catch up on him one day, unfortunately for us it never will catch up with her. Thankfully Dec 2021 it will all be over.