- Top payments
- Financial Information Service
What the Financial Information Service is
The Financial Information Service helps you make informed decisions about your finances.
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.
Proving your identity in person for a Centrelink payment
How to prove who you are in person at a service centre.
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.
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.
- Income and assets tests
- Income
Employment income
This is pay you get for work you've done for an employer.
Proving your identity online for Centrelink
How to prove who you are to Centrelink online.
- Asset types
- Gifting
How much you can gift
Your payment may be affected if you gift more than the value of the gifting free area each year.
- Managing your money
- Most useful information
Cancel Nominee Arrangement form (SS532)
Use this form to tell us that you, as an authorised person or organisation, want to cancel a nominee arrangement.
- Youth Allowance
- Youth Allowance for students and Australian Apprentices
How much Youth Allowance for students and apprentices you can get
We use income and assets tests to work out how much Youth Allowance for students and Australian Apprentices you can get. These are the maximum rates.