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  • 1.  child support calculation

    Posted 07-14-2014 03:59 PM
    Listmates,

    Appendix IX-B says that child support received for children of another relationship is a type of income excluded from gross income (pgs 2606 &2624 of 2014 NJ Rules), but my Easy Soft program income tab on child support has a spot to input child support received by the parent.  So, when calculating child support for someone getting child support from the prior husband, do you put the already existing child support amount under the non-taxable income section in the child support income tax??  This means it is not being treated as gross income, but rather as non-taxable income.  If the child support is added in, should the children of the former relationship be included in the number of exemptions?

    Gabrielle

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    Gabrielle Strich Esq.
    Princeton NJ
    (609)924-2900
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  • 2.  RE: child support calculation

    Posted 07-15-2014 09:32 AM
    The child support received by the custodial parent for another child is not added to the overall gross income of that parent, but it is a consideration when determining the credit for the other dependent deduction.

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    Mitchell Steinhart Esq.
    Bergen County Board of Social Services
    Rochelle Park NJ
    (201)368-4207
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