Report on the population impact of the new child support formula

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Contents

• Table of contents
• 1. Introduction
• 2. The new child support formula: what's different?
• 3. Results
• Attachment A: Caveats
• Attachment B: Scenarios
• Appendix A - Payees with a financial Welfare to Work impact (Added 22 October 2008)

Report on the population impact of the new child support formula

• 1. Introduction
• 2. The new child support formula: what's different?
  • New Principles
  • The relative influence of different new formula components
• 3. Results
  • Overall results - Child Support and Family Tax Benefit
  • Key change component: Regular care
  • Key change component: Treatment of children from first and subsequent families
  • Key change component: Equal treatment of parents' incomes
  • Conclusion
• Attachment A: Caveats
• Attachment B: Scenarios
  • Scenario 1: higher costs of older children
  • Scenario 2: regular care with the non-resident parent
  • Scenario 3: equal treatment of income from both parents
  • Scenario 4: Payers with a second family - net gain
  • Scenario 5: Payers with a second family - net loss
• Appendix A - Payees with a financial Welfare to Work impact (Added 22 October 2008)

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