Rejected petition: Child maintenance needs to be based on Net pay not Gross pay.
Rejected on
Base child maintenance on Net pay after taxes and contributions
Many people are in financial hardship as their payments are based on what they earn before contributions making the amount payable completely unaffordable
Why was this petition rejected?
There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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You may wish to sign this petition which calls for the same action:
Calculate child maintenance from net pay, not gross pay
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/730665We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.