To: The United States House of Representatives
Child support payments income equalization for determined income
Stop the inequity of child support payers not receiving a gross income reduction for public programs. While recipients of support are required to count it as income gained. Child support paid out should be excluded in the same manner, a gross income reduction for program services and income qualifications. Fair is Fair. Paying families suffer in poverty after payments are made and they receive no income adjustment for public programs.
Why is this important?
Public programs and private charities treat child support recieved as income. They do not afford the paying parent an adjustment of gross income based on support paid out. SNAP does allow this gross income deduction but most other federal, state and private programs do not. For example school lunch programs. They need to be treated equally.