Confusing Info on new rules for CM

Can someone please clarify the following as they are in conflict with one another!

This is from a solicitor''s site:
For a gross annual income of up to £41,600 (or £800 per week) the following percentages will apply:
12% for one child;
16% for two children; and
19% for three or more children.

However, any excess of income over £41,600 per annum will be subject to the following rates:
9% for one child;
12% for two children; and
15% for three or more children.

This is from your own article ''CSA changes 2013''
Maintenance calculations will be ­base­d on the parent’s gross income, not net income, with a corresponding shift in the applicable percentages to 12%, 16% and 19% for monthly incomes over £800 and to 9%, 12% or 15% for those under £800;

Just shows no one is really certain of the new rules!!

The article starts with this sentence:

There is no definitive time-scale as yet, mainly as the changes haven''t yet been approved by Parliament. There is currently a pilot scheme running, whereby any new cases where there are four or more children living with the PWC will be subject to the new changes. All other new cases will be dealt with under the existing 2003 rules.

Basically we are informing you about what we know currently - there may be changes due to the pilot schemes running, but at the moment - if you have less than 4 children you should still use the existing rules.

WR

Hello, I think you may have misunderstood my query - if you look at the figures they are the opposite way round to each other. i.e. one has higher percentages for earnings over £800, the other has the higher percentages for earnings below £800.
One of them is incorrect, and it looks like it''s the advice on this site that doesn''t match with the rest of the advice out there.

wavingnotdrowning1 wrote:

Hello, I think you may have misunderstood my query - if you look at the figures they are the opposite way round to each other. i.e. one has higher percentages for earnings over £800, the other has the higher percentages for earnings below £800.
One of them is incorrect, and it looks like it''s the advice on this site that doesn''t match with the rest of the advice out there.

Can''t find the article but it is clearly a typo where someone transposed "over" and "under". The higher percentages apply to the first £800 per week of income then the lower percentage kicks in for any amount over this.

Found it!

www.wikivorce.com/divorce/Wikizine-Money...SA-Changes-2013.html

its just a typing error.

Just to clarify; the information contained in the article Wyspecial has linked to was confirmed by myself with the CSA at time of me writing the article.

I agree, there is a lot of confusing information out there about the proposed changes(remember, these are not yet set in stone, although I suspect it''s a done deal really), which is why I sought to have as clear and concise information from the CSA themselves.