Child support: financial support paid by parents who either don't live with their children, or who share care of their children with another person. This usually happens when:
- a couple with children split up
- two people not living together have a child, or
- the children don't live with either parent.
Liable parent: A parent of a qualifying child who is normally required to pay child support.
Exclusions
Cases which Inland Revenue manage on behalf of overseas agencies and uncollectable debt cases are excluded.
Tax statistics include only data collected by Inland Revenue.
Some numbers in the tables are rounded, which means the totals are not always consistent with the sums across the corresponding categories.
Tax statistics are dynamic and are continuously updated due to return filing processes. The data is correct as of the date of extraction.