Sole trader or partnership income
Business income is counted in the income test.
- ABSTUDY
- High school, university or other higher education students
ABSTUDY for high school study
There’s ABSTUDY support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in secondary school.
Updating parental income details
You’ll need to update your income details if you or your child get a letter from us asking for these.
- Help for myGov, online accounts and mobile apps
- Centrelink online account help guides
Centrelink online account help - Update your banking details
Instructions on how to update your banking details, including cash, cheques, loans, savings, deeming accounts and term deposit accounts.
Liquid assets waiting period
The liquid assets waiting period is between one and 13 weeks.
Income maintenance period
This waiting period may apply if you or your partner have stopped work and got leave or redundancy payments.
- Top payments
- Pensioner Education Supplement
Who can get a Pensioner Education Supplement
You can get the supplement if you meet study rules and get certain payments from us or the Department of Veterans’ Affairs.
Gifting
If you give away your income or assets, they may still count towards your income and assets tests. This also applies if you sell them for less than they’re worth.
Superannuation
Superannuation is a long term savings structure to help fund your retirement.
- Separated parents
- Most useful information
Objecting to a Child Support decision form (CS1893)
Use this form to object to a child support decision we made that you disagree with.