Paying tax on a Centrelink payment
You may have to pay income tax on your taxable Centrelink payments.
- How to choose and share your days
- Sharing your payment
Giving approval to share Parental Leave Pay
You need to give approval if you are sharing Parental Leave Pay. You’ll also need to discuss how many days each parent will take.
- Meeting the work test
- Exceptions to the work test
Exceptions to the work test for Parental Leave Pay for dangerous jobs or workplace hazards
If you stopped working due to a dangerous job or workplace hazard, you may be eligible for the dangerous jobs provision for Parental Leave Pay.
- Relationship changes
- Most useful information
Relationship details - Separated under one roof form (SS293)
Use this form if you’re separated but live under the same roof as your ex-partner. This is so we can assess whether to pay you as a single person or as a member of a couple.
Assets test for allowances
We use the assets test to help us work out if you can be paid an allowance and how much you'll get.
New Zealand citizens claiming payments in Australia
If you’re a New Zealand citizen living in Australia you may be eligible to get Centrelink payments or concession cards.
Advance payment
You may get part of your income support payment or Family Tax Benefit (Part A) early. This is an advance payment. You pay it back later out of your payments from us.
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 determine your payment rate.
- Death of a loved one
- Most useful information
Advice of death form (SA116)
Use these forms to advise us of the death of an adult or child. We’ll use these details to update records with Medicare, Centrelink and Child Support.
- Family Tax Benefit
- How to manage your payment
Support for grandparent carers
If you’re a grandparent providing ongoing care for your grandchild, there’s support and payments available to help you.