- Top payments
- Family Tax Benefit
How to balance your payment for Family Tax Benefit
We compare your income estimate with your actual income at the end of each financial year. This is how we check you got the right amount.
Proving your identity in person for a Centrelink payment
How to prove who you are in person at a service centre.
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.
- Recently unemployed
- Most useful information
Employment Separation Certificate form (SU001)
You can ask your previous employer to use this form to certify important employment information about you.
Mutual obligation requirements if you’re 55 or older
Find out about your mutual obligation requirements if you’re 55 and over.
- How to choose and share your days
- Exemptions to the limits of days
Exemptions to the limit for taking days of Parental Leave Pay at the same time
You and the other parent may be able to take more than the set number of Parental Leave Pay days at the same time.
- Having a baby
- When your baby arrives
Submit your claim if you didn’t do a pre-birth claim
If you didn’t do a pre-birth claim, you can start a claim after the birth of your baby.
- Parental Leave Pay
- What can affect your payments
If you work on a day of Parental Leave Pay
Parental Leave Pay is paid for days when you’re not working.
- How to choose and share your days
- Sharing your payment
How to change your shared days
If you’ve already shared Parental Leave Pay days, you can change your mind. You can remove approval or make changes.
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.