Australia's Child Support Formula: 3 Major Flaws

How Australia's child support formula works. 3 major problems are identified and a better method shown.

Child Support Australia: https://childsupportaustralia.com/

Almost anyone involved with child support will tell you that there's problems with the system and formula.

Many of the difficulties people encounter are due to poor administration of the scheme. For example, the Child Support Agency (CSA) floods parents with letters about assessments, due amounts, etc. They make things more complicated than necessary and can be unhelpful when disputes arise.

But there are also fundamental problems with the child support formula. Very people understand it properly, though many people can see that it produces strange assessments.

The video explains the 3 major problems with the formula: complexity, mathematical unsoundness, and encouraging parents to fight over care while minimising income. The problems are explained in detail and linked back to the formula.

The presentation is not all negative however. Child Support Australia (the video makers) also outline a better payment model.

Under an income sharing system, each parent would be responsible for 50% of care. For having less than 50% care, the payer transfers his cost savings to the other parent through support payments. In this way, the main carer is fully compensated for extra care costs.

Income sharing is a fairer system that's better for children overall. It aims to stop the harmful games that happen when divorced parents feel that they're being ripped off.

After watching the video, you may want to get further info about the different systems, schemes and models at Child Support Australia: https://childsupportaustralia.com/

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