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====Calculating the amount of child support====
Once the 40% threshold issue has been dealt with, the court must then decide how much child support ought to be paid, based on section 9 of the Guidelines. The intention of the legislation is to minimize differences in the children's living standards in each of their homes.
The analysis starts by determining each parent's income, and finding each parent's support obligation amount under the applicable Guidelines tables. Most of the time the amount of child support payable is the ''set off amount'', which is calculated by subtracting the lower-income parent's child support obligation to the higher-income parent from the higher-income parent's obligation to the lower-earning parent. This is an easy solution to the calculation of child support and is easy to adjust when either parent's income goes up or down.