Section 35 — Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989: Formula 1: Method statement using incomes of both parents in single child support case with no non-parent carer

This is how to work out the annual rate of child support payable for a child for a day in a child support period if no non-parent carer has a percentage of care for the child for the day. Method statement Step 1. Work out each parent’s child support income for the child for the day (see section 41). Step 2. Work out the parents’ combined child support income for the child for the day (see section 42). Step 3. Work out each parent’s income percentage for the child for the day (see section 55B). Step 4. Work out each parent’s percentage of care for the child for the day (see Subdivision B of Division 4 of Part 5). Step 5. Work out each parent’s cost percentage for the child for the day (see section 55C). Step 6. Work out each parent’s child support percentage for the child for the day (see section 55D). Step 7. Work out the costs of the child for the day under sections 55G and 55H. Step 8. If a parent has a positive child support percentage under step 6, the annual rate of child support payable by the parent for the child for the day is worked out using the formula: Note: The annual rate of child support payable by a parent for a child is nil if the other parent’s percentage of care for the child is less than 35% (see section 40C).