Sorry for the long post, but I’ve trawled these forums, but I can’t find an answer to my specific questions, perhaps someone has had the same problems:
I was made redundant back in May 2012, signed on for JSA & was assessed by the CSA to pay the standard £5/week
I had the opportunity to take a short-term 2 month contract away from home & thought hell, even after expenses it pays more than JSA, so I signed up with one of the major Umbrella’s
Things went well, 2 months turned into about 6 months ending 31 March 2013, I claimed all my business expenses including the £25 meal allowance & over-night expenses etc. about 12K in total
April 2013 with P45 & P60 in-hand decide it’s time reconcile my CSA payments against my actual income for the tax year
First assessment eventually comes back after 4 months, totally ridiculous figure, after much digging turns out they converted my contract rate to a weekly assessment, then backdated the figure to the start of the year plus the 4 months I’d been waiting. Not having that they were politely told, think again.
Next assessment comes back, figures look better, but still didn’t look quite right, so more digging
It turns out that CSA had contacted the Umbrella for confirmation of income (even though I’d supplied a copy of my P60) the Umbrella supplied details of my take home after PAYE plus the 12K in expenses refunded
So, back to the CSA, these are refunded business expenses, not income, I’m not paying 15% on this
CSA request details of expenses claimed, which were dully sent, I now have a letter stating that various expenses are not allowable under ‘Child Support Law’ particularly the meal allowance and incidental expenses
Has anybody had any experience of this?, I can’t find anything like this on the web
I was made redundant back in May 2012, signed on for JSA & was assessed by the CSA to pay the standard £5/week
I had the opportunity to take a short-term 2 month contract away from home & thought hell, even after expenses it pays more than JSA, so I signed up with one of the major Umbrella’s
Things went well, 2 months turned into about 6 months ending 31 March 2013, I claimed all my business expenses including the £25 meal allowance & over-night expenses etc. about 12K in total
April 2013 with P45 & P60 in-hand decide it’s time reconcile my CSA payments against my actual income for the tax year
First assessment eventually comes back after 4 months, totally ridiculous figure, after much digging turns out they converted my contract rate to a weekly assessment, then backdated the figure to the start of the year plus the 4 months I’d been waiting. Not having that they were politely told, think again.
Next assessment comes back, figures look better, but still didn’t look quite right, so more digging
It turns out that CSA had contacted the Umbrella for confirmation of income (even though I’d supplied a copy of my P60) the Umbrella supplied details of my take home after PAYE plus the 12K in expenses refunded
So, back to the CSA, these are refunded business expenses, not income, I’m not paying 15% on this
CSA request details of expenses claimed, which were dully sent, I now have a letter stating that various expenses are not allowable under ‘Child Support Law’ particularly the meal allowance and incidental expenses
Has anybody had any experience of this?, I can’t find anything like this on the web
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