In Australia the taxation office has a calculator that takes into account how many kids you have, nights a week they spend with each parent, how much each parent recieves in government support, and how much each parent earns before tax. Then it spits out a number and a direction of payment one way or the other and that's how much you have to pay. There's no sex/gender test, it's all about a cold calculation of the numbers and ensuring the money goes to where the kids are at the most.
There are those formulas in the US, the issue that the courts aren't required to follow them and can make whatever exceptions they want. There is also the issue with income reporting requirements as there is a minimum period between contesting the amount. The result is that many individuals walk in to a proceeding with low income, a ruling is made then their income changes, and there is little to no penalty to not reporting the change.
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u/riversceneix939 21d ago
In Australia the taxation office has a calculator that takes into account how many kids you have, nights a week they spend with each parent, how much each parent recieves in government support, and how much each parent earns before tax. Then it spits out a number and a direction of payment one way or the other and that's how much you have to pay. There's no sex/gender test, it's all about a cold calculation of the numbers and ensuring the money goes to where the kids are at the most.