Collecting child support payments privately and/or discharging arrears 277-04090000

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CSP Optin English

Election to collect privately: Understanding obligations of election

You have asked us to stop collecting child support on your behalf. This means you understand:

• you and the other parent will make your own arrangements for child support to be transferred
• you will maintain a record of the amounts transferred and dates they are paid
• we will continue to issue assessment notices advising of how much should be transferred
• you will continue to notify us of any changes in income, care arrangements or other circumstances that may change the child support payable
• if any changes are made to past assessments of child support, we are unable to collect any amounts that may be raised during a period you are collecting privately
• if your arrangement does not work out, you can ask us to collect child support again in the future, including any unpaid amounts for up to 3 months
• if you receive Family Tax Benefit (FTB) Part A, Centrelink will use the child support you are entitled to when determining this amount

CSP DischargeArrears English​

Gift or Discharge: Understanding liability will no longer be enforced

You have asked us not to enforce the recovery of a debt owed to you. This means you understand:

• we will vary the child support account to remove this unpaid amount
• this amount cannot be reclaimed or used to offset any monies you may owe, now or in the future
• we will confirm your election in writing, and you will have a limited time to withdraw the instruction not to recover the amount if you change your mind
• after this time, you will no longer be able to ask Services Australia to recover this amount