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Centrepay gives you choices to manage your deductions
You can choose when to start, change or stop Centrepay deductions.
For example, you can:
- set a target amount the deduction will stop at automatically
- set an end date in the next 12 months for the deduction to stop on
- choose which deduction we pay first
- vary the deduction you need to pay if the amount goes up or down
- make a temporary change for up to 13 weeks to the amount, the deduction will then change back to the original amount
- suspend deductions for up to 13 weeks, then they’ll start again.
While Centrepay lets you manage your deductions you still need to meet your obligations to pay a registered business.
Centrelink payments you can’t use Centrepay for
You can’t set up a Centrepay deduction from these Centrelink payments:
- ABSTUDY payments, excluding fortnightly ABSTUDY Living Allowance
- advance payments of your Centrelink payment, excluding Family Tax Benefit advances
- arrears payments
- bereavement payment
- Boarding Allowance
- Child Care Subsidy
- Distance Education Allowance
- Farm Household Allowance
- Newborn Upfront Payment and Newborn Supplement
- quarterly supplements, like Telephone Allowance and Pension Supplement
- Restart Income Support or Restart Re-establishment Grant
- Second Home Allowance
- Status Resolution Support Services Payment.
To check if you can set up a Centrepay deduction, call us on your regular payment line.