IN DEPTH: Erroneous Use Of Outdated HMRC Data Inflates ‘Fictitious’ Child Maintenance Figures

The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) could be demanding money from paying parents without due process, according to evidence seen by the Epoch Times. Responsible for managing all child maintenance payments in the UK, the CMS, which forms part of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), has previously faced criticism for its assessment methods. New evidence centres on the CMS’s handling of income assessments and Current Income Checks (CICs), which evaluate the paying parent’s income for the previous month, in order to determine the appropriate level of child support payment they must make. Correspondence seen by The Epoch Times suggests that the CMS has routinely disregarded proper procedure....