Re: Backdating payments?

Mr X wrote:
"Claire Rand" <claire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1sudnVqbhcIztyLanZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Lee Phillips wrote:
Claire Rand wrote:
NRP is my better half, its his ex thats the issue.

he was made redundent, told the clowns of this in march 2007, a DOE naturally stopped at the time. its taken them till now to send anything through, we have had two letters one for time spent on benefits, a fiver a week apparently and another one for the current job, which started months ago. its just taken them till now to inform us of anything.

the letters don't mention back dating, but they don't say they won't either, there is no arreas amount indicated though.

we're not planning on phoning them yet, the letters don't ask him to do anything, apparently there is another letter on its way about how to pay.
It sounds like the letter you've got is just the assessment notification. As you've seen on your later message, the payment one arrives soon after.

btw these morons accept standing order payments? no way we're letting them have a DD.
They do take standing orders but again as you've found out, once a DEO existed, you don't get a chance to lose it.

btw his ex used to keep hammering on about my income, we're not married (yet) does this matter in the slightest?

btw i currently do vountary work, so not paid.
Married or just living together makes no difference.

If he's on the new-rules system, you won't even be included in the assessment.

If he's on old-rules it gets a bit complicated.....
If you're on a low/zero income it 'may' reduce the amount payable. However, there's lots of other variables that mean it'll make no difference.
If you're on a high income, the chances are your presence will not affect the payable amount in any way. However, in theory, it may count against him if he's on a fairly low income himself.

I would assume that given they were told of the changes, but its taken till now to inform us of anything its a bit rich to decide they want to back date things.

but i guess they will probably try it.
Although it's not fair - the problem is that when the redundancy was notified and payments stopped, it didn't mean that the case automaticaly stopped charging.
Basically all this time it's been charging whatever the original assessment was.
What the CSA have just done is replace those charges (since 2006) with £5 a week while he was on benefit and £xx.xx from when the job started.
They could argue that if they didn't backdate, you'd have an even bigger arrears balance.
well they *were* told about the redendency, its just taken them nearly a year to write back, the payments stopped, and the arrears amount doesn't match up from them keeping building it up.. but who knows

he wasn't on benefits all that long, only a few months which may have caused other problems.

If they didn't send out any 'missed payment' reminders during all this time, I reckon it's worth writing in to complain. However, if you did get some you may have a problem (they'll then turn it around to be your fault for not contacting them about it).
hes written, they were contacted and told, though at first they tried to claim that apparently its a legal requirement when you leave a job to register for benefits.. which he did after a few weeks to allow something of a hoilday.. this may have caused some of the confusion

i'm thinking of only dealing with the clowns in writing, last time they had a habit of forgetting bits of conversations they didn't like
Good idea :)

Just a note to mention on the CSA charter, I believe, the csa cannot claim further back than 6 months if it is an administrative error on their part...

which it is...



this maybe the case, but somehow prior dealings with them inform him that there is little point pressing this.

currently hes gone for 'radio silence' they are doing a DoE and haven't sent anything through asking or demanding information. not sure exactly where they got the salary details etc from but there seems no point fighting it.

the 8am-8pm phone number rings, is answered by a robot, which then hangs up.
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  • Re: Backdating payments?
    ... its taken them till now to send anything through, we have had two letters one for time spent on benefits, a fiver a week apparently and another one for the current job, which started months ago. ... If you're on a low/zero income it 'may' reduce the amount payable. ... currently hes gone for 'radio silence' they are doing a DoE and haven't sent anything through asking or demanding information. ... I did this on my original assessment where they took 15 months to deal with everything. ...
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  • Re: Backdating payments?
    ... he was made redundent, told the clowns of this in march 2007, a DOE ... the letters don't mention back dating, but they don't say they won't ... If you're on a low/zero income it 'may' reduce the amount payable. ...
    (uk.gov.agency.csa)
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    ... he was made redundent, told the clowns of this in march 2007, a DOE ... through, we have had two letters one for time spent on benefits, a fiver ... If you're on a low/zero income it 'may' reduce the amount payable. ...
    (uk.gov.agency.csa)
  • Re: Backdating payments?
    ... he was made redundent, told the clowns of this in march 2007, a DOE ... the letters don't mention back dating, but they don't say they won't ... If you're on a low/zero income it 'may' reduce the amount payable. ... bigger arrears balance. ...
    (uk.gov.agency.csa)
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