Dawkins and Rainforth (Child support)

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal considered the dispute between Dawkins and Rainforth concerning particulars of a child support administrative assessment. The applicant, Dawkins, sought to exclude certain post-separation costs from the adjusted taxable income for the last relevant year.

The Tribunal was required to determine whether an amount of additional income earned by Dawkins, which was not in the ordinary course of business after separation, should be excluded from his adjusted taxable income for the purposes of the child support assessment.

The Tribunal reasoned that the income in question was derived from a source that ceased to exist after separation and was not earned in the ordinary course of business thereafter. Applying the principles of the *Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988*, the Tribunal concluded that this amount should be excluded from the adjusted taxable income. The decision under review was affirmed.