New York State Child Support Calculator

Posted on January 13, 2012 | 2 Comments

Download New York State Child Support Calculator [Excel file]

This spreadsheet allows you to enter the information about parents’ income, number of children, child care, health care,  and educational costs, and will return the default child support obligation for each parent, if that parent were the noncustodial parent.

Updated 2/2012 to reflect the increase of the default parental income cap from $130k to $136k.

Low-income exemptions are based on 2011 Federal Poverty Guidelines ($10,890) and NY Self-Support Reserve (135% of $10,980: $14,702).

By default, formula cells are locked to prevent accidental alterations. Click on Review->Unprotect Sheet. There is no password.

This is accurate to the best of my ability. However there may be errors and use it at your own risk. (If you do find an error, or have other feedback, please let me know!)

Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0 Tara Bognar

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  • HelpingAFriend

    I tried the calculator, I’m assuming that the actual payment of the non-custodial parent would be the difference between the “Parent 1 Obligation” and “Parent 2 Obligation”. True?

    • http://www.tarabognar.com Tara Bognar

      Hello,
      The two payments together represent the total child support that the court considers to be owed for the child. The noncustodial parent pays his/her full share to the custodial parent (no subtraction of the difference). The custodial parent is presumed to spend the money directly on the child. I’m sorry if that wasn’t clear!