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Deeming

Deeming rules are used to work out income from your financial assets. We add this to your other income and apply the income test to work out your payment rate.

Proving your identity in person for a Centrelink payment

How to prove who you are in person at a service centre.

  1. Top payments
  2. Carer Payment

Who can get Carer Payment

To get Carer Payment, both you and the person you provide care for need to be eligible.

  1. Report your income
  2. Employment income reporting

How to report your income to Centrelink

You can report your employment income in different ways.

  1. Non-medical rules
  2. Income and assets tests

Income test for Disability Support Payment

Your income can reduce how much we pay you. We use the pension income test to assess Disability Support Pension (DSP).

Payments while outside Australia

To get your payment or concession card while outside Australia, you must continue to meet the qualification rules at all times.

Lump sums while on income support

A lump sum is a one off amount of money. They can count in your income test and may affect your payment from us.

  1. Top payments
  2. Continence Aids Payment Scheme

How much you can get on the Continence Aids Payment Scheme

Information about how much you can get, how we pay and why it won’t count as income.

  1. Who can get it
  2. Income and assets tests

Real estate assets

Information about how real estate assets affect your payment under the assets test.

Income

Most types of income count in your income test. We use this and your assets test to assess if you can get a payment, and to calculate your rate of payment.

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Page last updated: 10 December 2021.
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