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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.

Income maintenance period

This waiting period may apply if you or your partner have stopped work and got leave or redundancy payments.

  1. Retraining
  2. Most useful information

Details of income stream product form (SA330)

Use this form to give us information about your income stream, so we can calculate your payment.

  1. Working
  2. Most useful information

Earnings Worksheet form (SU505)

Use this form to work out your gross earnings for your entitlement period and report them to us.

  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. Top payments
  2. Parenting Payment

Who can get Parenting Payment

You must meet certain criteria to get Parenting Payment.

  1. Top payments
  2. Rent Assistance

How to manage your Rent Assistance

There are things you need to tell us if you get Rent Assistance.

  1. Top payments
  2. JobSeeker Payment

What your commitments are to get JobSeeker Payment

There are things you must do to keep getting your JobSeeker Payment.

When we pre-fill your information

There are some things you need to know about income, Single Touch Payroll (STP) and other details we pre-fill for you.

  1. JobSeeker Payment
  2. How to report and manage your payment

Change of circumstances when you get JobSeeker Payment

You must tell us if things change as it may affect your JobSeeker Payment.

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Page last updated: 17 November 2025.
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