How to manage your Family Tax Benefit
Your options and obligations for Family Tax Benefit.
Ordinary waiting period
You may have to wait for a week before your payment starts. We will let you know when you claim if this applies to you.
Veteran Payment affects your income support payment
Information to help you make a choice between Veteran Payment and an income support payment.
Telling us about a change of circumstances if you get Parental Leave Pay for a child born or adopted from 1 July 2023
You need to tell us if your circumstances change when you get Parental Leave Pay for a child born or adopted from 1 July 2023.
Executor/Administrator Request for information form (SS524)
Use this form to request information from us regarding a deceased person.
Care calendar for when care arrangements for a child changes
Use this calendar to let us know how often you care for a child. We use this to work out your percentage of care to calculate FTB payments and child support.
How child support affects FTB Part A
The more child support you receive or are entitled to, the less FTB you can get.
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.
Activities that don’t count as work for Parental Leave Pay for a child born or adopted before 1 July 2023
Some activities won’t count as part of the work test for Parental Leave Pay for a child born or adopted before 1 July 2023.
How to balance your payment for Child Care Subsidy
We compare your income estimate with your actual income at the end of each financial year. This is how we check you got the right amount.