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The new Child Support - Family Assistance Estimator
Current Scheme Calculators | New Scheme Estimator
Child Support-Family Assistance Estimator - opens in new window
You may be able to use this estimator to calculate an estimate of what your child support or family assistance payments might be from 1 July 2008.
You can use the estimator if:
- you have one child support assessment only
- you and the other parent don’t have children from a new relationship living with you
- CSA uses the child support formula to work out your assessment
- you know the other parent’s details, such as their income.
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Please note: This estimator can’t estimate your current child support or family assistance payments, or compare old and new estimates. It does not affect your current records in any way. If you would like to discuss a change to your current payments or details please contact us on 131 272 to speak with a Customer Service Officer |
Learn more about the new Child Support Scheme
Manual worksheet, tables and examples
This worksheet uses a step by step process to help you estimate what your new child support assessment might be from 1 July 2008.
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Please note: If you don’t know some of the other parent’s details you won’t be able to use this worksheet. Also, the worksheet can only provide an estimate - the Child Support Agency will work out your new payments and send you a new child support assessment before May 2008. |
The new formula is based on the cost of raising children, taking the incomes of both parents into account equally. It takes into account many different family circumstances to provide a more flexible approach to calculating child support.
Current Scheme Calculators
The Child Support Calculator
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The Child Support calculator can be used to obtain an estimate of child support
payable for a particular child support period. You can perform a simple
calculation based solely on income details or you can add complexity by
including additional information like variables of levels of care, child/rens
age and other case related information.
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Please note: The results from using this calculator are only indicative and may not be the same as a Child Support Assessment done by CSA. If you require an accurate assessment, contact us on 131272 and speak with a Customer Service Officer. |
Employer calculator - opens in a new window
To assist employers work out the net pay to the employee, taking into account child support payments, the protected earnings amount and the basic tax liability.
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Please note: On 1 July 2008 the new Child Support Scheme starts. For those employers where the CSA has initiated the deduction of child support from an employee’s salary, wage or contract payments (Employer Withholding), the CSA will send you a letter and new deduction schedule between April and June 2008. |
From 1 July you should use the child support amount from the new deduction schedule in the employer calculator.
