Public holiday reporting and payment dates

Your reporting and payment dates may change when we close for public holidays. We may pay you early.

Self service

You can use your Centrelink online account through myGov to:

You can also use our Express Plus mobile apps and phone self service.

You can still report your income to us, even when we’re closed. However, if you do this on a public holiday we’ll pay you after the public holiday.

You can view your reporting dates 12 weeks in advance online. You can do this in your Centrelink online account through myGov or the Express Plus Centrelink app.

If you don’t have one, you can create a myGov account. You can still report your income to us, even when we’re closed.

Read more about self service.

Reporting and payment dates if you need to report

The dates you need to report to us change due to public holidays.

If you report early during your assessment period you’ll need to include what you expect to be paid for your full period. You must also do this for any other changes that may affect your payment. If you make a mistake, you can correct your report within 14 days, or when you next report.

If you report after your assessment period, we’ll pay you after you report to us. You may want to do this so you can be sure of your employment income or changes to your circumstances.

To report you can use:

You must report when you’re due, so we can pay you.

Reporting tables

Allowances

Reporting table for people who get the following allowances:

This table is also for people who get:

Date report normally due Date you can report Revised payment date Next normal payment date
Tuesday 30 March 2021 Monday 29 March 2021 Tuesday 30 March 2021 Wednesday 14 April 2021
Wednesday 31 March 2021 Tuesday 30 March 2021 Wednesday 31 March 2021 Thursday 15 April 2021
Thursday 1 April 2021 Tuesday 30 March 2021 Wednesday 31 March 2021 Friday 16 April 2021
Friday 2 April 2021 Wednesday 31 March 2021 Thursday 1 April 2021 Monday 19 April 2021
Monday 5 April 2021 Thursday 1 April 2021 Tuesday 6 April 2021 Tuesday 20 April 2021

Pensions

Reporting table for people who get the following pensions:

This table is also for people who get:

Date report normally due Date you can report Revised payment date Next normal payment date
Tuesday 30 March 2021 Monday 29 March 2021 Wednesday 31 March 2021 Thursday 15 April 2021
Wednesday 31 March 2021 Tuesday 30 March 2021 Thursday 1 April 2021 Friday 16 April 2021
Thursday 1 April 2021 Tuesday 30 March 2021 Thursday 1 April 2021 Monday 19 April 2021
Friday 2 April 2021 Wednesday 31 March 2021 Tuesday 6 April 2021 Tuesday 20 April 2021
Monday 5 April 2021 Thursday 1 April 2021 Wednesday 7 April 2021 Wednesday 21 April 2021

Payment dates if you don’t need to report

If you don't need to report employment income, we'll pay you early.

We won't delay payments because of a public holiday, but we may pay you earlier than normal. An early payment is your normal payment, just paid early.

Where we pay an early payment, we pay as close to and before your normal payment day. You'll need to budget so this payment lasts until your next payment day.

Payment tables

Allowances

Early payment dates for people who get the following allowances:

This table is also for people who get:

Normal payment date Revised payment date Next normal payment date
Wednesday 31 March 2021 Tuesday 30 March 2021 Wednesday 14 April 2021
Thursday 1 April 2021 Wednesday 31 March 2021 Thursday 15 April 2021
Friday 2 April 2021 Wednesday 31 March 2021 Friday 16 April 2021
Monday 5 April 2021 Thursday 1 April 2021 Monday 19 April 2021

Pensions

Early payment dates for people who get the following pensions:

This table is also for people who get:

Normal payment date Revised payment date Next normal payment date
Thursday 1 April 2021 Wednesday 31 March 2021 Thursday 15 April 2021
Friday 2 April 2021 Thursday 1 April 2021 Friday 16 April 2021
Monday 5 April 2021 Thursday 1 April 2021 Monday 19 April 2021

Page last updated: 6 April 2021