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Centrelink online account help - Upload documents

Instructions on how to upload and submit documents using your Centrelink online account.

Income

Most types of income count in your income test. We use this and your assets test to assess if you can get a payment, and to calculate your rate of payment.

  1. If you need to attend an assessment
  2. What happens during and after the assessment

If you have a reduced capacity to work

If you have a medical condition that affects your ability to work, you’ll need to tell us. You may have a reduced capacity to work but we’ll need to assess this.

  1. Work
  2. Working

Being on a Centrelink payment while you're working

When you get a Centrelink payment while you’re working, you might have a few questions about what happens next.

  1. Help for myGov, online accounts and mobile apps
  2. Centrelink online account help guides

Centrelink online account help - Report employment income

Follow this guide to report your employment income and Job Plan requirements using your Centrelink online account.

Superannuation

Superannuation is a long term savings structure to help fund your retirement.

  1. Top payments
  2. JobSeeker Payment

Who can get JobSeeker Payment

You need to meet some rules to get JobSeeker Payment.

Proving your identity in person for a Centrelink payment

How to prove who you are in person at a service centre.

Advance payment

You may get part of your income support payment or Family Tax Benefit (Part A) early. This is an advance payment. You pay it back later out of your payments from us.

  1. JobSeeker Payment
  2. How much you can get

Income and assets tests for JobSeeker Payment

You must meet the income and assets tests to get JobSeeker Payment.

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