If you have other types of income

If you get other types of income not advised in your employment income reporting, it may affect your payment from us. If your income changes, even by a small amount, you need to tell us.

You don’t need to report your or your partner’s income if both of the following apply:

• you get either Age Pension or Disability Support Payment because you’re permanently blind
• you don’t get Rent Assistance.

If your partner is getting a payment from us, they’ll still need to report your income. They won’t need to report if they’re also blind, getting Age Pension or DSP and not getting Rent Assistance.

What to report

Other types of income can be money you get from any of the following:

• a one-off job
• a source, like an investment
• a gift or allowance
• some special types of income specific to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians.

You need to tell us about any money you get no matter how small.

Superannuation

You need to tell us if you make voluntary superannuation contributions before tax, this counts as income. We include this in your assessable income when we work out how much to pay you.

Reportable fringe benefits

Reportable fringe benefits (RFB) are salary sacrifice amounts or non-monetary items you get on top of your income. RFB can impact your income reporting.

If you accessed RFB, you need to tell us the dates. Find out more about Reportable fringe benefits for employees on the Australian Taxation Office website.

Other things we need to know

You need to tell us if you’re self-employed.

When you report your income, you must also tell us about any changes in your circumstances.

If you don’t, we may not pay you the right amount. This means you may not get the full payment amount, or you may have to pay us back.

Read more about Centrelink debts and overpayments.

Changes to child support

Changes in circumstances can change how much child support you get or pay.

If your Child Support online account is linked to myGov you can sign in now to tell us about changes to your circumstances.

Sign in to myGov

You can also call our general Child support enquiry line to tell us about changes.

Read more about changes that affect your child support.

When to report

If you start getting other types of income and get one of the following payments, you need to let us know. You also need to let us know if you stop getting income.

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

If you’ve linked your Centrelink online account to myGov you can tell us online.

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 self employment if you either:

• get a different payment from us
• have a partner who gets Disability Support Pension.

How to report

Reporting online

If you don’t need to report regularly, you can tell us about changes to your or your partner’s income online.

If your Centrelink online account is linked to myGov, you can report through myGov.

Sign in to myGov

You can also use the Express Plus Centrelink mobile app.

You must tell us about any changes to your income or assets within 14 days.

Reporting by phone

Call the Centrelink reporting line or your regular payment line. We can help you create a voiceprint to prove your identity faster when you call us.

If you still get report forms by post, you can call our Centrelink Employment Services Line.

If you’re reporting employment income from outside Australia, you can call our Centrelink international services line.

Correcting a mistake

If you make a mistake when you report, you can fix it.

You’ll need to upload evidence of changes to income that you already confirmed. This could be a new payslip.

If your Centrelink online account is linked to myGov, you can do this through myGov.

Sign in to myGov

You can also use the Express Plus Centrelink mobile app.

You must tell us as soon as you can if you’ve made a mistake.

If you tell us you’ve made a mistake we may need more details. This is to make sure we’re paying you the right amount. We’ll let you know if we need more information from you.

Letting someone report for you

Someone close to you, or an organisation, can report for you. You’ll need to tell us if you want to set them up as a nominee.

Find out about getting someone to deal with us on your behalf.