Payment stacking

Inland Revenue pay in-cycle payments at the same time each month. Out-of-cycle payments can be made at any time.

If a client gets an out-of-cycle payment soon after an in-cycle payment, or vice versa, a client may have multiple Child Support payments stacked on top of each other. This means the income charges may overlap.

Example

Reiko gets Sole Parent Support and has primary care of his son Elijah. Reiko also gets Child Support from Elijah's mother Shannon. Shannon pays last month's Child Support late, and Reiko gets this out-of-cycle payment on 9 February.

The income charge starts on the Monday of that week (5 February). The last day of the income charge is the Sunday before the 9th of the following month (3 March).

Shannon pays the Child Support payment due in February on time. Reiko gets this as an in-cycle payment on 22 February.

The income charge for the in-cycle payment starts on the Monday of that week (19 February). The last day of the income charge is the Sunday before the 22nd of the following month (17 March).

As Reiko gets 2 Child Support payments within the same month, the Child Support income charges are stacked on top of each other between 19 February and 3 March. This means that Reiko has a higher Child Support income charge in those weeks.