The child maintenance calculator is for use in the UK. You can use it if you are married, divorced, a civil partner or a co-habitant. You can even use it if you are a lawyer, mediator, arbitrator or judge (all users are welcome). An important feature of this calculator is that the results are clearly laid out so you and your co-parent can be assured of accuracy and transparency to aid discussions. The result will be automatically converted into a PDF document and sent to your inbox. Even better, you can ask the calculator to email the calculation to your co-parent, lawyer or mediator, if you so wish.
The Child Maintenance Calculator is based on the rules introduced by the Child Maintenance Service on 29th July 2013. It uses a gross income model and applies different rates (or a combination of rates) in 5 bands:
Rate | Paying parent’s gross weekly income |
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Basic | £200 to £800 |
Basic Plus | £800.01 to £3,000 (the first £800 of income is taken into account using the Basic rate) |
Reduced | £100.01 to £199.99 |
Flat | £7.00 to £100 (or receives benefits) |
Nil | Less than £7.00 |
The parent who should be paying, or wishes to pay, child maintenance is referred to below as the “paying parent”.