![]() Children aged 13 or older Combined child support income for one year Read more about parents combined child support income. Children aged 12 and under Parents combined child support income Read about Costs of Children for past years in the Child Support Guide on the Department of Social Services website. All the figures in these tables are for child support periods starting in 2023. The Costs of Children table represents net costs after Family Tax Benefit. We divide the costs between the parents according to their share of the combined income. We calculate the costs of raising children according to the remaining combined child support income of both parents. Under the formula, we deduct an amount for each parent to support themselves. Steps 1 and 2 of the basic 8 step formula explain what combined child support income is. Because of this we work out your children’s costs based on all of the following. The Costs of Children tables recognise that raising children costs different amounts for different people. Read about how your percentage of care affects your child support. Care percentageĢ5% plus 2% for every percentage point over 35% of careĥ1% plus 2% for every percentage point over 53% of care Your cost percentage is your share of the child’s costs that you meet directly through care. This helps us to work out your cost percentage. Your care percentage is the amount of time you spend with the child. This final figure is the amount the paying parent needs to pay the other parent. If we assess both parents are to pay each other, we offset these amounts before arriving at the final figure. ![]() We do this by multiplying the positive child support percentage by the costs of the child. We work out the total amount of child support payable. We do this by using the Costs of Children table. We work out the costs for each child based on the parents’ combined total income. We go on to steps 7 and 8 using only the positive child support percentage. If you have different care arrangements for various children, you might have different child support percentages for each child. This is because they’re not meeting their share of the costs for the child directly through care. If it’s a positive percentage, we assess that parent as the parent to pay child support. ![]() This is because their share of costs for the child is more than the amount of care they provide. If it’s a negative percentage, we assess that parent as the parent to get child support. The result will determine if a parent pays or gets child support. We call this the child support percentage. We subtract the cost percentage from the income percentage for each parent. Work out each parent’s child support percentage We work out each parent’s cost percentage using the Care and Cost table.Ħ. We calculate each parent’s percentage of care.ĥ. Work out each parent’s percentage of care We work out each parent’s income percentage by dividing each income by the combined total.Ĥ. ![]() We add both parents’ incomes to work out a combined child support income.ģ. Read more about income used in calculating a child support assessment. For more information about relevant dependant allowances, go to child support assessments and second families.Ī parent may be able to estimate their income. This is a parent’s adjusted taxable income minus a self-support amount and any relevant dependant allowance. We calculate each parent’s child support income. Work out each parent’s child support income To calculate an estimate of your child support payments you can use our child support estimator. Read about parents with 2 or more assessments.
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