Hi all
Looking for some help from people with experience with child support payment assessment challenges.
I've been paying child support for the last two years. I pay a lot of money each month ($1300) but have never refused payment or even questioned the amount, despite possibly having a viable claim to do so.
My ex-wife has a second-weekend job that pays in cash. I firmly believe that she has declared some of the income to the ATO only so that she could then claim a mountain of deductions. The proof of her working can easily be shown through social media posts of her performing/reviews from customers, etc. What I can't do is prove how much she actually earns and worry that because she has declared "some", they won't look deeper into it
Now the reason this has become a problem is that my ex likes to frequently make demands for additional money. She makes medical appointments without consulting me and makes the bookings during my time with my kids, claiming that she's "too busy" to do it during the week
Recently I put my foot down and refused to give more money. I was then hit with a tirade of abuse over sms, including (what I believe to be) threats to alienate my children against me plus thinly veiled threats of AVO's and child support payment reviews (she believes I've somehow hidden income... I wish I had hidden money!)
While I know 100% that I have been completely transparent in my financial disclosures, whenever I search for child support assessment reviews, I just hear horror story after horror story of guys being hit unfairly with massive ongoing bills because FACS / Centrelink ignored evidence and took the mother at her word
I cannot afford this to happen. I already pay a MASSIVE amount of money to my ex monthly and any increase would see it nearly impossible for me to provide for my kids when I have them or provide for my new partner and her child
So I guess I am curious... has anyone ever had a review triggered (or triggered it themselves) and actually came out better off for it? As I said, proving she has a second job is easy but proving the actual amount she earns isn't (I honestly believe she wouldn't even know how much extra she earns a year)
I don't really want to go to the effort of collecting evidence (which would require somehow getting contact with someone who has access to her social media, as I've been blocked) for FACS to just turn around and ignore it... or even worse, side with her and say I need to pay more
Looking for some help from people with experience with child support payment assessment challenges.
I've been paying child support for the last two years. I pay a lot of money each month ($1300) but have never refused payment or even questioned the amount, despite possibly having a viable claim to do so.
My ex-wife has a second-weekend job that pays in cash. I firmly believe that she has declared some of the income to the ATO only so that she could then claim a mountain of deductions. The proof of her working can easily be shown through social media posts of her performing/reviews from customers, etc. What I can't do is prove how much she actually earns and worry that because she has declared "some", they won't look deeper into it
Now the reason this has become a problem is that my ex likes to frequently make demands for additional money. She makes medical appointments without consulting me and makes the bookings during my time with my kids, claiming that she's "too busy" to do it during the week
Recently I put my foot down and refused to give more money. I was then hit with a tirade of abuse over sms, including (what I believe to be) threats to alienate my children against me plus thinly veiled threats of AVO's and child support payment reviews (she believes I've somehow hidden income... I wish I had hidden money!)
While I know 100% that I have been completely transparent in my financial disclosures, whenever I search for child support assessment reviews, I just hear horror story after horror story of guys being hit unfairly with massive ongoing bills because FACS / Centrelink ignored evidence and took the mother at her word
I cannot afford this to happen. I already pay a MASSIVE amount of money to my ex monthly and any increase would see it nearly impossible for me to provide for my kids when I have them or provide for my new partner and her child
So I guess I am curious... has anyone ever had a review triggered (or triggered it themselves) and actually came out better off for it? As I said, proving she has a second job is easy but proving the actual amount she earns isn't (I honestly believe she wouldn't even know how much extra she earns a year)
I don't really want to go to the effort of collecting evidence (which would require somehow getting contact with someone who has access to her social media, as I've been blocked) for FACS to just turn around and ignore it... or even worse, side with her and say I need to pay more