Most useful information for Separated parents

1. Raising kids
2. Separated parents

Managing child support

Once you have a child support assessment, there are things you need to do and resources available to help manage your child support.

1. Separated parents
2. Learning about child support

Your child support rights if you disagree with your assessment or payment

What you can do if you disagree with your child support assessments or payments.

1. Separated parents
2. Managing child support

What to do at tax time if you pay or receive child support

You may need to lodge a tax return if you pay or receive child support. Find out how tax time affects child support.

1. Top payments
2. Family Tax Benefit

How to claim Family Tax Benefit

Complete the following steps to claim Family Tax Benefit. Before you start, check if you can get it.

1. Top payments
2. Parenting Payment

How much Parenting Payment you can get

How much Parenting Payment you can get depends on your and your partner’s circumstances.

1. Parenting Payment
2. Who can get it

Income and assets tests for Parenting Payment

The amount of Parenting Payment you can get depends on your income and assets as well as your partner’s, if you have one.

1. Assets test
2. Asset types

Income streams

These are regular payments made from your superannuation fund or purchased using either superannuation money or savings.

1. Child support assessment
2. How we work out your assessment

How your income affects your child support

Find out how we use each parent’s income when we make a child support assessment.

1. Child support assessment
2. How we work out your assessment

Basic child support formula

This formula is for parents with only one child support assessment.

1. How much you can get
2. Your activity level affects it

Casual or irregular hours of work for Child Care Subsidy

Casual or irregular work hours may affect your subsidised hours of care for Child Care Subsidy.