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Being made redundant can affect how you're assessed for child support and your ability to pay it, especially if you receive a redundancy payment.

Current tax year's assessment

Your child support assessment for the current tax year will not be automatically affected by any redundancy payment you receive this year. The redundancy income will be included in your child support assessment for the following year instead.

However, a child support review or court departure order may take a redundancy payment into account at any time.

Next year's assessment

Because your redundancy income is included in the next year’s child support assessment, your overall income may be too high compared to what you’ll actually earn.

In this case, you may be able to estimate your income once you’ve received your assessment for the year. Find out if you meet the requirements to estimate and what it might mean for you.

About income estimations

Exemptions from paying

If you have an exemption from paying child support, you need to contact us to find out if you still meet the requirements.

Contact us
About child support exemptions

Repaying overdue child support

If you're repaying overdue child support, you may be able to change the repayment amount. Contact us to talk about your situation.

If your child support was reviewed

If your child support amount was changed because of a review based on your income, then you may be able to apply for another review. Contact us to talk about your options.

Grounds for child support reviews

Court orders

We may not be able to change your child support amount if it has been set by court order. Contact us to talk about your options.

Other redundancy information

Redundancy and income tax
Redundancy and Working for Families
Redundancy and KiwiSaver
Redundancy and student loans

Last updated: 05 May 2025
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