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Helping you to understand child support reviews IR175
(published March 2010)
About this guide
A general guide to help you with administrative, exemption and Commissioner reviews of child support assessments. The booklet also includes the forms you'll need to apply and/or respond with.
Adobe Acrobat PDF | 418kb | 46 pages
When to use this guide
The child support review service is free and managed by Child Support staff. A review allows you to have a child support formula assessment looked at to see if it can be altered to fit your particular situation. Both paying parents and custodians can apply for a review.
A review is based on the Family Court departure order process. Child Support staff organise the review process but the actual review is done by an independent person contracted to Inland Revenue. This person is called the review officer.
If you're the other party to a review, you can put your side of the situation to the review office. This is called your "response".
What you will need