Petition · past parliament
Increase child maintenance service powers to investigate the self employed
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
Self employed absent parents are getting away with paying child maintenance having dodgy accountants and also dodgying paying tax
Increase child maintenance service powers to investigate the self employed
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
The Child Maintenance Service already has a number of enforcement powers, but if you are concerned about arrangements for child maintenance for self-employed non-resident parents we have published the following petition, which you might like to sign:
End CMS loop-holes for parents who hide their income through Limited Companies: End CMS loop-holes for parents who hide their income through Limited Companies.
End CMS loop-holes for parents who hide their income through Limited Companies: End CMS loop-holes for parents who hide their income through Limited Companies.
Timeline
| 15 Mar 2021 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 29 Apr 2021 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
29 Apr 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.