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What are immunisation requirements

Your child must meet immunisation requirements if you get Family Tax Benefit (FTB) Part A or child care fee assistance.

Your family income estimate for family assistance payments

We use your family income estimate to work out how much family assistance to pay you. This includes Family Tax Benefit (FTB) and Child Care Subsidy (CCS).

  1. Centrepay
  2. What Centrepay is

Paying bills using Centrepay

You can use the Centrepay bill paying service to pay any business registered to accept Centrepay as a payment method.

  1. Family Tax Benefit
  2. What can affect your payment

Healthy Start for School health check

If your child is turning 4, they may need to have a health check. If they don’t, your Family Tax Benefit (FTB) Part A rate may reduce.

  1. Family Tax Benefit
  2. How much you can get

Income test for Family Tax Benefit Part B

Family Tax Benefit (FTB) Part B is for single parents or carers and some couples who meet a 2 part income test.

  1. Top payments
  2. Centrepay

How to manage Centrepay

You can choose to manage Centrepay yourself or ask someone to help you.

Family Tax Benefit Account Payable notice

If you get Family Tax Benefit (FTB), you need to confirm your family income each year. If you don’t, we’ll send you an Account Payable notice.

  1. Dependent or independent
  2. Permanent independence

Independent for ABSTUDY if you’re married or in a registered relationship

You may be independent if you are or were married, or in a registered relationship.

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.

  1. Who can get it
  2. Isolation conditions

Disability or Special education need conditions for Assistance for Isolated Children

You may be eligible if your child can’t go to the local state school because your child needs to study from home or attend a different school.

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Page last updated: 17 November 2025.
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