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Chargeable income

Chargeable income is any income or earnings (after tax and/or ACC levies) the client or partner are getting, before any deductions or attachment orders for debt, liability, sanction, penalty, child support payments or student loan repayments.

Chargeable income includes but is not limited to:

Note chargeable income is the net rate of any benefit received before any deduction or sanction, for example (but not limited to) deductions for overseas pension.

For more information see:

Extra help charged as income

Legislation

  • Chargeable income regulation 69 Social Security Regulations 2018
  • Chargeable income exemptions (for temporary additional support) schedule 8, part 3 Social Security Regulations 2018
  • income (definition) schedule 2 Social Security Act 2018
  • Benefit of person affected is reduced by amount of overseas pension section 189 Social Security Act 2018
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For the purposes of Temporary Additional Support, the net rate in relation to any benefit means the appropriate rate from the appropriate Schedule.

For New Zealand Superannuation it means the appropriate rate set out in Schedule 1 of the New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income Act 2001 after the deduction of standard tax.

For Veteran's Pension it means the appropriate rate set out in Regulation 42 of the Veterans' Support Regulations 2014 ...

Child Support paid to a receiving carer who is entitled to both Unsupported Child’s Benefit excess payments and other Child Support from Inland Revenue.

The payment is a mixed Child Support payment when it is paid to the receiving carer by the same liable parent in respect of multiple children.

Legislation