I came on here looking for advice on child maintenance but am dismayed at a lot of the opinions here. I earn just about 45K a year and I have one child which I am paying €100 per week to their mother. I see some people saying that they pay €100 a week for one child, like myself, and others saying to them that this is not that much. I dont understand this. I have not seen anyone post the actual cost of paying child maintenance for the payer. @ €100 per week that is about €434 per month.
At current tax rates, if my employer wanted to give me a net salary increase of €434 they would have to increase my gross salary by about €1000.
So in my view paying €434 net to someone is equivalent to them earning an extra €1000 per month in todays economy.
Is this correct? If so is that not a huge amount to be paying for one child when there is not tax claims allowed on child maintenance?
At current tax rates, if my employer wanted to give me a net salary increase of €434 they would have to increase my gross salary by about €1000.
So in my view paying €434 net to someone is equivalent to them earning an extra €1000 per month in todays economy.
Is this correct? If so is that not a huge amount to be paying for one child when there is not tax claims allowed on child maintenance?