SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1 Maintenance Assessments

C1Part I Calculation of Child Support Maintenance

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Assessable income

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1

The assessable income of an absent parent shall be calculated by applying the formula—

A=N-Emath

where—

  • A is the amount of that parent’s assessable income;

  • N is the amount of that parent’s net income, calculated or estimated in accordance with regulations made by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this sub-paragraph; and

  • E is the amount of that parent’s exempt income, calculated or estimated in accordance with regulations made by the Secretary of State for those purposes.

2

The assessable income of a parent who is a person with care of the qualifying child or children shall be calculated by applying the formula—

C=M-Fmath

where—

  • C is the amount of that parent’s assessable income;

  • M is the amount of that parent’s net income, calculated or estimated in accordance with regulations made by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this sub-paragraph; and

  • F is the amount of that parent’s exempt income, calculated or estimated in accordance with regulations made by the Secretary of State for those purposes.

3

Where the preceding provisions of this paragraph would otherwise result in a person’s assessable income being taken to be a negative amount his assessable income shall be taken to be nil.

4

Where income supportF1, an income-based jobseeker’s allowance or any other benefit of a prescribed kind is paid to or in respect of a parent who is an absent parent or a person with care that parent shall, for the purposes of this Schedule, be taken to have no assessable income.