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Part 2: Child support assessments

Version 2.1, Last updated 26 June 2009 3:00pm

Introduction

CSA can make an administrative assessment of child support for eligible children.

In this part

The chapters in this part describe the rules relating to child support assessments.

Contents

Chapter 2.1	Applying for a child support assessment This chapter describes how CSA will make a decision on an application for administrative assessment. CSA can only accept an application for a child support assessment when the child, the parents and/or the applicant are each eligible under the Assessment Act. This chapter explains the eligibility requirements for children, parents and non-parent carers as well as the parentage requirements.
Chapter 2.2	Care This chapter explains how percentages of care are calculated, including the provisions that are used to determine or change a care percentage.
Chapter 2.3	Child support periods This chapter describes the start and end dates of child support periods and which financial year of income CSA will use when making an assessment for a child support period.
Chapter 2.4	Formula assessment This chapter describes the administrative formulas CSA uses to calculate a child support assessment. It explains how CSA uses income and care to calculate a child support assessment and how the parents’ combined incomes are used to calculate the costs of children. It also includes information about when the minimum annual rate of child support, or a fixed annual rate assessment, is used.
Chapter 2.5	Applications and elections to amend an assessment This chapter describes the applications and elections that a customer may make to amend their child support assessment. It describes how and when a customer can make an estimate of income when their income falls. It also explains how a customer may apply to have certain income earned after separation excluded from their assessment. It explains how a customer can make an application for the fixed annual assessment not to be used, or can apply to reduce the minimum annual rate of child support to nil. It also contains information about applying to have an assessment continued (or relevant dependant child included in an assessment) to the end of the school year in which a secondary student turns 18.
Chapter 2.6	Change of assessment This chapter describes the issues that CSA has to consider when making a decision to change an assessment by departing from the formula under part 6A of the Assessment Act.
Chapter 2.7	Agreements This chapter describes how parents can make child support agreements. It describes the effect of a child support agreement upon CSA's child support assessment.
Chapter 2.8	Court variation to assessments This chapter describes when a court can make orders that affect a child support assessment and how CSA interprets court orders which will affect a child support assessment.
Chapter 2.9	Making and amending child support assessments This chapter describes the procedural rules for making assessments and notes the information required in a notice of assessment. It describes when CSA will amend an assessment and also how an assessment creates a liability to pay child support and when those amounts are payable.
Chapter 2.10	Suspending and ending assessments This chapter contains information about how the liability to pay child support can be suspended when parents reconcile. It also contains information about how a person entitled to receive child support can elect to end the assessment. Information about terminating events which end an assessment is also included.