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Child Support Act 1991

Amount of child support payable under formula assessment made by Commissioner - Determining income percentages

33: Income percentage

You could also call this:

"How much of the total child support money you provide compared to the other parent"

Your income percentage for a child is a number that shows how much of the total child support income you provide compared to the other parent. To work this out, you take the amount of money you earn that counts for child support and divide it by the total amount that both you and the other parent earn for child support. This gives you your income percentage for that child.

The amount of money that counts for child support is called your child support income amount. You can find out how to calculate this in section 34 of the law.

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Part 2Amount of child support payable under formula assessment made by Commissioner
Determining income percentages

33Income percentage

  1. A parent's income percentage, in relation to a qualifying child, is the percentage figure derived by dividing the person's child support income amount (as determined under section 34) by the sum of the child support income amounts, in relation to that child, of all the parents of the child.

Notes
  • Section 33: replaced, on , by section 12 of the Child Support Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 12).