Worked example: payor $201,000, recipient $29,640, 3 children, Box 1, child care $300/wk paid by recipient Base order (no child care) $1,013/wk $52,662/yr 1. CURRENT (Line 3c, pre-transfer) payor funds 87.7% of child care (+$13,678/yr; order $1,276/wk) 2. POST-TRANSFER GROSS shares payor 64.3% -> funds $10,033/yr 2b. POST-TRANSFER on Line 3a (redline) payor 64.5% / recipient 35.5% -> funds $10,054/yr; order $1,206/wk vs $1,276 (saves $3,624/yr) 3. POST-TRANSFER NET shares payor 49.7% / recipient 50.3% ($90,447 vs $91,511) -> funds $7,754/yr 4. POST-TRANSFER NET incl. child care payor 49.7% (fixed point; equals rule 3) 5. POST-TRANSFER NET, withholding basis payor 53.0% / recipient 47.0% -> order $1,171.64/wk vs $1,275.77 (saves $5,415/yr) <-- THE ASK payor net $139,834 (30.4% effective), recipient net $24,734 (16.6% effective) Pre-transfer gross share (Line 3c basis, approx): payor 87.1% Caveat that travels with every line: per person the payor still leads ($90,447 for one vs $22,878 each for four, rule 3).