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Information share Child Support payments

MSD has an agreement with Inland Revenue to share information about most types of Child Support.

Inland Revenue tells MSD when they pay this Child Support to receiving carer's and MSD matches this information to clients.

MSD uses the information from Inland Revenue to automatically charge these Child Support payments as income in most situations. These are called information share Child Support payments.

An information share Child Support payment is money that:

  • a person gets in their bank account and
  • is a formula assessment or voluntary agreement of Child Support collected and paid via Inland Revenue and
  • relates to a Child Support liability period on or after 1 July 2023 and
  • is notified to MSD through the information share with Inland Revenue

Charging information share Child Support payments as income

Information share Child Support payments are charged forward as income, using defined rules. The income charging is generally automated.

The income charge for an information share Child Support payment is for 4 or 5 weeks for clients on a weekly pay period. Whether the charge is 4 or 5 weeks depends on the calendar month.

The income charge for an information share Child Support payment is always 4 weeks for clients paid fortnightly.

The automated rules for information share Child Support payments do not apply to non-information share Child Support payments or any social housing-related product.

For more information see:

Payment cycle
Automated income charging rules
Deemed receipt
Payment stacking
Charging from grant date or commencement date
Income charging for weekly pay periods
Income charging for fortnightly pay periods
Couples with different pay periods
Clients transferring between benefits
Assistance not included in automated income charging
Changes and reviews - Information share Child Support payments

Legislation

  • information share child support payment (definition) schedule 2 Social Security Act 2018
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Child Support where parents agree who pays and how much. Parents register their arrangements with Inland Revenue, who collects and passes the money from the liable parent to the receiving carer.

A specified period of time in which a liable parent is required to pay Child Support to a receiving carer.

A caregiver who is owed Child Support, payable through Inland Revenue, in respect of a child. They may or may not be a parent of the child.

A person can be a receiving carer, without meeting the definition of a carer.

Legislation

The use of systems or components of systems to replace repeatable processes to reduce dependency on manual actions or interventions.

Child Support where Inland Revenue works out who pays and how much. Inland Revenue collects the money from the liable parent and pays it to the receiving carer.

Legislation