child tax credit, child benefit and maintenance

Ridiculously, in a Shared Care arrangement where the split is 50:50, the CSA consider the resident parent to be the one who gets the child benefit (mostly women). The discount you would get is 3/7 + £7 for 50:50 share but still means man pays 4/7 * full amount (i.e. if absence) - £7. This can be about 10 - 13% nett income depending on how much you earn.

I share care. My wife earns 3x what I do. She gets child benefit. She hates me. I pay. It can not be justified but it is the situation.

As soon as I get a legal hearing out of the way at the end of this month, I am applying to High Court for a declaration that CSA formula discriminatory against men PWC (mostly men) in Shared Care arrangements, i.e. in violation of Protocol 1 of Art 1 (money) in combination with Art 14 (sex discrim) of Human Rights.

I shared care for my two children 50/50 week on, week off. Ex2b gets both child benefits so I pay her CSA rates of 20% of my net income less for 175 nights per year that the kids are with me so it works out about 10% of my net income. I pay approx £500 per month to ex2b

We split the cost of school uniforms, trips, sports, drama etc 50/50

I have spoken to Child Benefit agency and they have said I am entitled to CB for one child. This would reduce my CM to ex2b to £330 and she would have to pay me CM - about £40 per month. So she would be about £250 per month worst off if I claim plus any tax credits she loses.

Whether I claim the CB depends on how she behaves during the financial settlement!

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I hear many decisions are simply based on who has this child benefit payment.
Can you get with 50/50?

In 50:50, CB can not be shared and it stays with the person who has it. You need more than 50 to prompt a change

I believe two CB can be obtained if you persevere. The gov is just trying to avoid paying two first child higher rate CB.
I would speak to higher level staff.
Good luck with the rights issue - so many men give up.