Notional assessment relating to child support agreements 277-02020000

Policy

The Child Support Guide 2.4.4: Child support income

The Child Support Guide 2.7.1: What is a child support agreement?

The Child Support Guide 2.7.2: Application for acceptance of a child support agreement

The Child Support Guide 2.7.3: Making a decision on an application

The Child Support Guide 2.7.4: Effect of a child support agreement once accepted (other than lump sum payment provisions)

The Child Support Guide 2.7.5: Changing or terminating a child support agreement

Legislation

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Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989

section 80A, Consent Arrangements - Simplified outline
section 80B, Cases in relation to which Part applies
section 80C, Making binding child support agreements
section 80CA, No variation of child support agreements
section 80D, Terminating binding child support agreements
section 80E, Making limited child support agreements
section 80F, No variation of limited child support agreements
section 80G, Terminating limited child support agreements
section 81, Child support agreement definition and general requirements
section 82, Children in relation to whom agreements made be made
section 83, Persons who may be parties to agreements
section 84, Provisions that may be included in agreements
section 87, Agreement may be made in relation to 2 or more children etc
section 88, Application requirements generally
section 89, Formal requirements for applications
section 90, Application for 2 or more separate agreements may be made in same form
section 91, How decision is made
section 92, Decision on application
section 93, Liability to pay child support arises on acceptance of application where child support not already payable etc
section 94, Registrar to take action to give effect to accepted child support agreement or termination agreement etc
section 95, Effect of certain provisions of accepted child support provisions
section 96, Notice of decision to be given
section 146A, Notional assessments - Simplified outline
section 146B, Provisional notional assessments
section 146BA, Application of Part 5 to provisional notional assessments
section 146C, Variation of provisional notional assessments
section 146D, Departure determinations in respect of provisional notional assessments
section 146E, Notional assessments
section 146EA, Amendment of notional assessments
section 146F, Later provisional notional assessments
section 146G, Estimating adjusted taxable income for purposes of notional assessment
section 146H, Registrar may refuse to accept election
section 146J, Effect of decision
section 146K, Revocation of election
section 146L, Effect of revocation

Delegations and authorisations

Service Officer (SO4)

Generate a provisional notional assessment on the request of a customer
Make all decisions in relation to provisional notional assessment or notional assessment
Accept or refuse to accept an agreement
Final responsibility for ensuring the agreement is loaded, processed and finalised correctly

Note: this does not prevent an officer at the Service Officer (SO3) level from recording the agreement and speaking with customers. However, the final checks and decision to accept or refuse to accept is made by a SO4.

Service Officer (SO5)

Accept or refuse an estimate that is made to vary a provisional notional assessment

Note: a SO4 can record the provisional notional assessment estimate and speak with customers. However, the final checks and decision to accept or refuse the estimate must be made by an officer at the SO5 level or above.