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Petition · past parliament · Department for Education

End CMS loop-holes for parents who hide their income through Limited Companies.

Closed 160 signatures

What the petition asks

The government needs to change the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) rules and ‘loopholes’ around parents who report that they are self-employed, and hide their true earnings by diverting income through Limited Companies.
If a person reports to the HMRC and to the Child Maintenance Service that their income is minimum wage, or significantly lower than their actual earnings, just to avoid paying maintenance and no Tax or National Insurance.

Timeline

12 Apr 2021 Petition opened for signatures
12 Oct 2021 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 160
Status Closed
Department Department for Education
Opened 12 Apr 2021
Closed 12 Oct 2021

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.