How much is child maintenance pay and collect?

Paying parents who use the Collect and Pay service must pay a collection fee of 20 per cent of the child maintenance payment on top of the regular child maintenance. Receiving parents will have four per cent deducted from their regular child maintenance payment.

How much is collect and pay?

The Collect & Pay service is when the CMS works out the amount of child maintenance to be paid and collects payments from the paying parent and passes them on to the receiving parent. The paying parent will have to pay a 20 per cent collection fee each time a payment is collected from them.

How do the child maintenance service collect arrears?

The CMS can try to get the arrears from the other parent’s earnings, benefits, or bank or building society account. If that doesn’t clear the arrears, the CMS can apply to court for a ‘liability order’. This means they can ask bailiffs to take goods from the other parent and sell them.

How much is the fee for child maintenance service?

You and the paying parent will have to pay a fee to use Collect and Pay: you’ll have to pay 4% of the amount of maintenance you get – it’ll be taken from what you get. the paying parent will have to pay 20% of the amount of maintenance they have to pay – this will be added to what they have to pay.

Do you have to pay collection fees for Child Maintenance?

Collection fees will be applied to all Collect & Pay child maintenance payments including any payments you missed on Direct Pay. You may also have to pay enforcement charges. If you want to make a family-based arrangement, you’ll need to agree this with the other parent directly, and then let us know.

Which is the best way to pay child maintenance?

This factsheet explains the ‘Collect & Pay’ way of paying child maintnance where the Child Maintenance Service sets up and manages payments. The Child Maintenance Service offers 2 different ways of paying child maintenance: Direct Pay – where you manage payments directly with the other parent (once we’ve worked out a child maintenance amount)

What happens if you miss payments to Child Maintenance Service?

The Child Maintenance Service can still enforce missed payments. Keep a record of payments in case there are any problems in the future. Either parent can choose Direct Pay without needing the other’s consent, unless there’s evidence that the paying parent is unlikely to pay.

How much money does CMS collect from parents?

In 2019/20, the CMS collected £41.54 million in fees from Paying Parents and Recieving Parents on the Collect and Pay Scheme. Sources: PQ 281113 [Child Maintenance Service], 23 July 2019; PQ 25685 [Child Maintenance Service], 5 March 2020; PQ 140842 [CMS: Fees and Charges], 20 January 2021.