Effect on Family Tax Benefit (FTB) where the customer elects to suspend or end a child support assessment 277-51130050
Policy
Ending a child support assessment
Child Support Guide 2.10.2: Electing to end an assessment
Family Assistance Guide, 1.1.M.10 Maintenance (FTB)
Family Assistance Guide, 3.1.5.50, Reasonable maintenance action completed - Child Support collect
Family Assistance Guide, 3.1.6.40, Child support assessments
Family Assistance Guide, 3.1.6.55, Child support case ended - payer not a parent of the child
Legislation
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A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999
- schedule 1, clause 10, Effect of certain maintenance rights
- section 3(1), Maintenance income
Review of decisions and FTB arrears
A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999
- section 101, Waiver in special circumstances
- section 107, Date of effect of certain decisions made under section 105
- section 109D, Review applications-time limits applicable to review of certain decisions
- section 109E, Date of effect of certain decisions relating to payment of family tax benefit by instalment
Child support legislation
For a list of events that mean a customer is no longer eligible for a child support assessment, see Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989.
- section 12, Interpretation - happening of child support terminating events
- For application to court by payer on the basis they are not the child's parent, see section 107, Declaration that a person should not be assessed in respect of the costs of the child
- For effect of court order that specifies lump sum is in lieu of all future child support and all arrears owed, see, section 127, Effect of orders on administrative assessment of child support.
- For application by payer that payee refund any child support received, section 143, Amounts paid where no liability to pay exists etc.