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Claim for a Health Care Card form (SS050)

Use this form to claim a Low Income Health Care Card or a Health Care Card for a foster child.

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.

Someone to act for you with Medicare, Centrelink, aged care or Child Support

You can ask someone to act for you with Medicare, Centrelink, aged care or Child Support. You can authorise them to speak to us, update your details and get payments for you.

  1. Employment income reporting
  2. When to report

Scheduled reporting

If you need to report your employment income, it’ll usually be every 14 days, on a date we tell you. We call this scheduled reporting.

  1. Looking for work
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Profit and Loss Statement form (SU580)

Use this form if you are a sole trader, subcontractor or a partner in a partnership that has started new employment or a new business.

Rural customers and primary producers

Some rural properties and farms have more than one title or larger blocks than residential properties. The asset test rules are different for these properties.

  1. Top payments
  2. Carer Allowance

How to claim Carer Allowance

Complete the following steps to claim Carer Allowance. Before you start, check if you can get it.

  1. Caring for someone
  2. Most useful information

Carer Payment - Income and assets details of the person being cared for - 16 years or over form (SA304(A))

Use this form to tell us about your and your partner’s income and assets if you are aged 16 years or older and being cared for.

Granny flat interest

A granny flat interest is an agreement for accommodation for life. It can affect your eligibility or rate of payment and we may include it in your assets test.

Real estate income

This is lease or rent money you get from a property you own. It counts in your income test.

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