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IT7 Child support you paid 2020

Complete question IT7 to include child support you paid.

Last updated 27 May 2020

This question is about amounts you paid or benefits you provided to another person other than your partner for the maintenance of your natural or adopted child.

Do not include amounts you paid or provided to a person to acquire goods or services.

Did you pay amounts or provide benefits to another person for the maintenance of your child?

No

Write 0 at Z item IT7, then go to IT8 Number of dependent children 2020, or return to main menu Individual tax return instructions 2020.

Yes

Read on.

Answering this question

You will need to know, or work out from your records, the total amounts you paid or benefits you provided for the maintenance of your child during 2019–20.

Completing your tax return

Step 1

Add up all the amounts you paid and benefits you provided for the maintenance of your child during 2019–20.

Step 2

Write the total at Z item IT7.

For income test purposes, the amounts you paid and the benefits you provided for the maintenance of your child will be deducted from the total of the other components that make up your adjusted taxable income.

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