Income test for FTB Part B

Single parent or carer family

You won’t be eligible for FTB Part B if your annual adjusted taxable income is more than $100,000.

If your income is $100,000 or less, you can get the maximum rate of FTB Part B.

Two parents or carers family

You won’t be eligible for FTB Part B if the primary earner earns more than $100,000.

We call the parent or carer with the lower income the secondary earner. We use their income to work out how much FTB B you can get.

They can earn up to $5,767 each year before it affects your FTB Part B payment.

Your payments will reduce by 20 cents for each dollar of income earned over $5,767.

If you’re the secondary earner and your partner earns $100,000 or less, you can still get some FTB Part B. This is if your income is below either:

• $28,671 a year, if your youngest child is younger than 5 years of age
• $22,338 a year, if your youngest child is 5 to 18 years of age.

Two parent or carer families can only get FTB Part B if the youngest child is 12 or younger. This is unless they are a grandparent carer.

You can’t get FTB Part B while you’re receiving Parental Leave Pay.

If you get FTB Part B fortnightly, we’ll adjust your payments. We do this to make sure we don’t pay you too much FTB Part B.