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Section 55D - Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989 - Working out child support percentages — Zoe

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#### 55D Working out child support percentages (1) Work out each parent’s child support percentage for a child for a day in the child support period using the formula: ![Start formula Parent's income percentage for the child for the day minus Parent's cost percentage for the child for the day end formula](image.015.png) (2) A parent’s child support percentage for a day in a child support period is taken to be nil if the amount worked out using the formula is negative.

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