I'm attaching my file that has all the info. Is it true I'll really only pay her $30 a month for CS? I'm paying insurance, Daycare and Direct expenses. I just found this hard to believe.

I might note, I see a little typo in the calculator which needs fixed.  It doesn't affect the calculations, but the EPT worksheet has a typo.  I'll see if we can get that fixed.  Do you intend to file your worksheet with the court?

A new calculator has been posted which corrects the typos.  Please let us know how your case goes.

The parent paying child care receives the child tax credit usually, and therefore that parent has to reduce the payment they make for child care by the child tax credit.  Without any further information, I believe the $517 number is correct.

Yes, you are correct about spousal maintenance.  If you pay her $500/mo, tack on $500 to her income, and subtract $500 from yours.

I'm unsure about the income tax calculator.  Typically, I believe you would use the previous year's tax tables to determine the financial benefit by claiming head of household or for not sharing the income tax deduction.  That benefit would then be applied on a prorata basis to reduce (or increase) the child support obligation.  As far as a free calculator for this, I'm not aware of one, but you could probably get a trial version of the Bradley software, which may help you.

Since your sample worksheet has not been posted I cannot see what might be wrong.  But my guess is that you have not correctly filled out step 1 question 4, which asks who pays for childcare.  This question is required because the number of children paid for changes the child tax credit.  If you list 2 or more children on step 1, the ctax credit will be different than a single child.  Please check your input and let me know if that helps.  If you can omit your personal info and upload your worksheet I can see if it is working correctly.

Ahhh, I now see what you are talking about.  The $125 child tax is calculated correctly, but on line D.8, the child tax is not subtracted out for Father.  It does work for Mother.  I will get this raised as an issue.  It looks like a simple fix so I'm betting the author will have a new version available very soon.

Thanks for bringing this to our attention!

cool thanks!