When to report

If you’re getting an income support payment, we’ll tell you when you need to report any other income you get.

When you link your Centrelink online account to myGov, you can sign in to view your reporting dates. You can see reporting dates 12 weeks in advance.

Sign in to myGov

You can also use the Express Plus Centrelink mobile app.

If you report late, your payment could be late. If you don’t report by your reporting date, we won’t pay you.

You can report online up to 13 days after your reporting date. If you’re more than 13 days late, you need to call us on your regular payment line. There are 2 types of reporting:

  • scheduled reporting
  • unscheduled reporting.

If you’ve linked your Centrelink online account to myGov you can tell us when you start working online. You’ll need to tell us if you get one of these payments:

  • ABSTUDY Living Allowance
  • Age Pension
  • Austudy
  • Carer Payment
  • Parenting Payment Single and Partnered
  • Youth Allowance as a Student.

Sign in to myGov

You can also use the Express Plus Centrelink mobile app.

You must call your regular payment line to tell us when you start or stop working if you either:

  • get a different payment from us
  • have a partner who gets Disability Support Pension.
Page last updated: 2 February 2024.
QC 53206