Centrelink online account help - Report zero employment income

Employment income affects your payment from us. To make sure we’re paying you the right amount, we need you to report your and your partner’s gross employment income, even if it’s zero.

To make sure you get paid on time, you must submit your report by 5 pm local time on your reporting date. Read more about employment income reporting.

There may be other tasks or activities you need to do to keep getting your payment. This depends on the payment you get. Read more about mutual obligation requirements.

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If you or your partner did earn employment income, there’s a different way to report this to us. For help, follow our guide Centrelink online account help - Report employment income.

Step 1: get started

Sign in to myGov or the myGov app and select Centrelink.

Select the Report income task.

Step 2: report zero income

If you or your partner did earn employment income, there’s a different way to report this to us. For help, follow our guide Centrelink online account help - Report employment income.

If you or your partner didn’t earn employment income, select Continue to proceed.

Select Yes to continue.

Step 3: Job Plan requirements

If you’re a job seeker managed by Centrelink, we’ll ask if you’ve met your Job Plan requirements for the reporting period.

Select Yes or No to tell us if you met your Job Plan requirements.

Then select Next.

Select Continue.

Step 4: review and submit

Select Begin to check your updates are correct.

Select Next.

Read the declaration. If you understand and agree with the declaration, select I have read and agree with the above conditions.

Then select Submit.

We’ll give you a receipt when you submit your report. Make a note of the Receipt ID for your records.

Select any of the following:

• Return home to go back to your homepage, then go to Step 5 to sign out
• Save your Receipt to keep a copy of your receipt
• Print to print your receipt.

Step 5: sign out

To sign out, select MENU.

Select Return to myGov to go back to your myGov account.

For your privacy and security, sign out when you’ve finished using your myGov account.

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