The Child Maintenance Service will find out the paying parent’s yearly gross income from information supplied by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
They’ll also check if the paying parent is getting benefits (tax credits, student grants and loans do not count as income).
The ‘paying parent’ does not have main day-to-day care of the child. The ‘receiving parent’ has main day-to-day care of the child.
The Child Maintenance Service will check for things that could change the gross income amount (for example, pension payments or other children they support).
You can also ask for extra income, assets or expenses to be taken into account.
They’ll convert the yearly gross income into a weekly figure.
The Child Maintenance Service will take into account the number of children the paying parent has to pay child maintenance for. This includes any other children living with them and any arrangements that have been made directly for other children.
Shared care is when a paying parent’s child stays overnight with them.
The number of shared care nights is based on a court order or any agreement reached between the parents.
The Child Maintenance Service could reduce the weekly amount of child maintenance if:
the paying parent is paying the flat, reduced or basic rate of child maintenance
the parents agree that the child will stay overnight for 52 nights a year or more
Shared care can also include nights spent in local authority overnight care. Read the child maintenance factsheet for more details.
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