Child maintenance %??

Hello,

Does anyone know how child maintenance is calculated? My ex has only one child (with me!) so no other dependents to pay for.

He earns a basic salary of £62,000 plus commission which he gets annually in April/may (it’s usually around £10,000).

Do CMS take commission into account? And is maintenance a flat % of their gross income etc?

I know there’s the calculator online to work it out but I’m just wondering if there’s a way it’s done and if he’ll have to pay more when he gets commission.

Thanks !!!

Xx

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Not sure about commission

Hey, there is a calculator on the gov website that takes everything into account which is quite useful! X

I've been wondering the same. My daughters dad has offered £400 a month on his £57.5k salary. 😒

It’s worked out on a percentage but also based on how many nights they have the child. I would use the calculator for a close to accurate amount.

As the CM is reviewed annually, I believe the commission would be included. I know that overtime is included so would assume bonus is too.

Also bare in mind the online calculator doesn’t take in to account pension or salary sacrifices (I.e a second pension / car leases etc) as these reduce the gross income the CM will be based on.

Your child maintenance is worked out on a percentage of his basic weekly wage (after pension etc) also how many over nights he has your child. So his commission will come into it but it won’t be taken into account until the following financial year as the CMS will go off his salary and any info via hmrc. But it absolutely will come into play.

When you apply be clear to highlight he gets commission yearly with evidence if you have any of this. Or if you have already applied put in a variation application for undeclared income stating he gets commission.

When you apply they will send you there calculation and explain how they have done it. So you will be told the salary that he has, so will be able to tell of his commission is involved.

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