Petition · past parliament · Home Office
Exclude overtime and bonuses from income to calculate child maintenance payment
Closed
2,178 signatures
What the petition asks
Stop overtime and bonuses being taken into account for child maintenance, just base the payment on the parent’s standard salary. CMS should only be able to use your standard wage to work out your payment.
The paying parent can’t better themselves if CMS take all your overtime and bonuses into account. On top of that most people pay 20% extra for using the service. They don’t take into account any other financial commitments, so most paying parents are left struggling when the receiving parent might get help from the government or have another partner and have 2 incomes to pay the bills. Lots of paying parents are in financial hardship.
Timeline
| 26 Nov 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 26 May 2021 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
2,178
Status
Closed
Department
Home Office
Opened
26 Nov 2020
Closed
26 May 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.