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  • Decision Makers Guide for Child Maintenance - Maintenance Calculations

    Topics:
    • Benefits and pensions, 
    • Support for children, 
    • Decision Making

    Date published: 27 October 2021

    Last updated: 20 August 2025

    The Child Maintenance Calculations volume looks at the maintenance calculation and different elements of the calculation such as historic, employed or self-employed income and Universal Credit. This volume also provides information relating to umbrella companies, other factors affecting the calculation, estimating current income, default maintenance decisions and rates and rules.

    Maintenance Calculation Overview | Historic Income | Current Income - Employed | Current Income - Self-employed | Universal Credit | Umbrella Companies | Other Factors Affecting the Maintenance Calculation | Estimating Current Income | Rates and Rules | Default Maintenance Decisions

    Documents

    • Chapter 26 - Default Maintenance DecisionsAdobe PDF (88.55 KB)
    • Chapter 25 - Rates and RulesAdobe PDF (144.37 KB)
    • Chapter 24 - Estimating Current IncomeAdobe PDF (389.9 KB)
    • Chapter 23 - Other Factors Affecting the Maintenance CalculationAdobe PDF (110.66 KB)
    • Chapter 22 - Umbrella CompaniesAdobe PDF (216.35 KB)
    • Chapter 21 - Universal CreditAdobe PDF (119.13 KB)
    • Chapter 20 - Current Income - Self-employedAdobe PDF (155.65 KB)
    • Chapter 19 - Current Income - EmployedAdobe PDF (194.15 KB)
    • Chapter 18 - Historic IncomeAdobe PDF (164.67 KB)
    • Chapter 17 - Maintenance Calculation OverviewAdobe PDF (385.22 KB)
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