Rejected petition Increase child maintenance service powers to investigate the self employed

Self employed absent parents are getting away with paying child maintenance having dodgy accountants and also dodgying paying tax

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Increase child maintenance service powers to investigate the self employed

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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: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/582147

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Date submitted 15 March 2021
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