Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Yes, this is a major problem and apparently there's very little they can do about it. My (4 year old) daughter's best friend's mum is a single mother and the dad has been awful. He hasn't paid a penny in child support even though the CSA have been involved since the beginning - and his facebook is wide open, she can see that he's definitely working. He's self employed and isn't declaring his earnings, so he doesn't have to pay any CSA at all. Supposedly, they throw the book at people for tax avoidance... but she's reported him several times and has basically been told that there's nothing they can do about it.