Ending a Child Support assessment 277-03150000

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Examples - recording the end date in Cuba

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Item

Example

Payee calls on 3 June 2019 and requests that the case be ended immediately:

Notification date: 3 June 2019
Date Liability Ends On: 3 June 2019

This achieves the requested outcome. Liability will be raised for 3 June 2019 and will cease from 4 June 2019.

Payee calls on 1 June 2019 and requests to end the case on 15 June 2019:

Notification date: 1 June 2019
Date Liability Ends On: 14 June 2019

This achieves the requested outcome. Liability will be raised for 14 June 2019 and will cease from 15 June 2019.

Note: Cuba will not allow a future end date to be recorded,

Forms

Ending a child support assessment (CS1671)

Template

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Contacts

Parent Support Team

Letters and electronic messages

UQ5.01 - Potential reconciliation contact letter

UQ13.01 - Post discharge arrears – Payee

UQ13.02 - Post discharge of arrears – Payer

Family Tax Benefit (FTB) Part A and child support - additional information

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Description

Meaning of a person or their partner receiving FTB at more than the base rate

A person may be considered to be entitled to FTB at more than the base rate even though they may not be receiving their full entitlement by instalments. A person can choose to receive less than their fortnightly entitlement by taking up an option under More Choice For Families. The person is choosing to receive a notional entitlement as opposed to their legislative entitlement. The decision about whether they are receiving more than the base rate for the purpose of subsection 151A should be based on the person’s legislative entitlement.

A blended family is a couple with more than 1 child in their care, where:

1 child is from a previous relationship of 1 member of the couple, and
another child is from the current relationship, or from the previous relationship of the other member of the couple

Members of a blended family may choose for 1 person to claim FTB or for each member of the couple to claim and receive a nominated percentage of the family's FTB entitlement. Therefore, the situation may arise where the partner of the payee is receiving FTB in respect of the child support child.

Up to 30 June 2018, section 151A applied to payees where they or their current partner were entitled to receive more than the base rate FTB for the child and restricted their option to elect the end a child support assessment. This is because the maintenance action test (MAT) applies to both the FTB recipient and their partner, that is, the case ending may cause FTB recipient to fail the MAT.

From 1 July 2018 section 151A has been removed, and there is no restriction on a payee electing to end their child support assessment, no matter what Centrelink benefits or FTB rate they or their partner are entitled to receive.

However, if a payee or their current partner is receiving, or is entitled to receive more than the base rate of Family Tax Benefit (FTB) Part A, and they end the child support assessment, they will only be entitled to the base rate of FTB. Ending the child support assessment may also impact their eligibility for other Centrelink Benefits.

If the customer wants more information, transfer them to the Centrelink families line.