Do parents get a chance to earn extra income after separation to re-establish themselves before child support payments are transferred?
If you earn extra money after separation you can apply for that extra income to be excluded from your child support assessment. You don’t need to go through a formal change of assessment process. This means that extra income you earn after separation, for example from second jobs or overtime, can be excluded from your child support assessment for up to three years after separation. Having this extra money excluded from the assessment can help parents with many post-separation costs such as buying a new car, setting up a new home or purchasing items to support the children during care. In order to have this extra income excluded you need to show you didn’t earn that income before separation and the income would not have been earned in the ordinary course of events. Only the extra income that you earn can be excluded, and only up to 30 per cent of your total income. To have your extra income recognised call CSA on 131 272.
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