How much you can get

Payment rate

The 2019-20 payment rate for CAPS is up to $609.70 per person.

This payment doesn’t add to your taxable income and doesn’t prevent you from getting other payments from us.

We index the CAPS payment on 1 July each year.

Payment option

We can pay into your choice of Australian bank account. It can’t be a credit card, loan or mortgage account.

The account can belong to either:

• yourself
• the custodial parent of a child getting CAPS
• your legal or authorised nominee.

For us to pay a custodial parent of a child getting CAPS, the child must be either:

• under 14
• under 18 and not able to act on their own behalf.

A legal or authorised nominee can be:

• someone with the person’s power of attorney
• the person’s legal guardian
• a public trustee
• the person’s Centrelink payment nominee
• their Department of Veterans’ Affairs trustee or agent
• someone the Department of Health agrees is a responsible person
• an organisation that helps the person buy continence products.

We’ll let you or your nominee know each time we pay you.

If your bank account details change, you need to either:

• tell us in writing
• contact the CAPS team.

You can read more about how to manage your payment.