Ending a Child Support assessment 277-03150000

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This document outlines the process when an election to end a child support assessment is received. It includes contacting the other party to the assessment and processing the end in Cuba.

Ending assessments

A payee can elect to end a child support assessment for a child from a specified future date.

If a payee or their current partner is receiving/entitled to receive, more than the base rate of Family Tax Benefit (FTB) Part A, ending the assessment may:

reduce their rate to the base rate if they do not have a Centrelink exemption, and
impact their eligibility for other Centrelink payments

In limited circumstances, any party to a child support agreement can elect to end an assessment when their agreement initiated the child support case. The election to end must be made on a day when the agreement is suspended.

Resources contains examples of how to record an end date in Cuba, a link for Ending a child support assessment (CS1671) form, links email template, contacts and letters, and Family Tax Benefit (FTB) Part A information.

Operational Information

Ending a Child Support assessment 277-03150000

Ending assessments

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