Petition

Review CMS in respect of self-employed non-resident parents.

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

review of Child Maintenance Services in respect of self-employed non-resident parents.

Take a closer look at their tax rebates, the accountants, if they are doing high tax write offs to look like they earn less for CMS
I’m sure I’m not the only single parent struggling every month because the parent manipulates their annual earnings, by using a ‘dodgy’ accountant and getting bigger tax write offs. It is really unfair and stressful that they can do this to the child. We need to CMS process looking into

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

You may wish to sign the following petition which calls for a similar action:

Review powers of Child Maintenance Service regarding concealed income

Review powers of Child Maintenance Service regarding concealed income

Timeline

21 Feb 2025 Petition opened for signatures
31 Mar 2025 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10
Status Rejected
Rejected 31 Mar 2025

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 27 Aug 2026.