- Top payments
- Centrepay
What Centrepay is
Centrepay is a voluntary service which is free for Centrelink customers. You can use Centrepay to arrange regular deductions from your Centrelink payment.
Payments while outside Australia
To get your payment or concession card while outside Australia, you must continue to meet the qualification rules at all times.
Funeral bonds and prepaid funerals
Funeral costs you pay for in advance normally don’t count in your assets test for payments from us. There are some exceptions.
- Relationship changes
- Most useful information
Relationship details - Separated under one roof form (SS293)
Use this form if you’re separated but live under the same roof as your ex-partner. This is so we can assess whether to pay you as a single person or as a member of a couple.
- Asset types
- Private trusts and companies
Trust reviews
How we check that you correctly report the income you receive from a trust.
Veteran Payment affects your income support payment
Information to help you make a choice between Veteran Payment and an income support payment.
Explanation or formal review of a decision form (SS351)
Use this form to ask for an explanation or formal review of a decision.
- Getting aged care services
- Most useful information
Private Trust form (MOD PT)
Use this form if in the last 5 years, you or your partner have been involved with or have transferred funds or assets to a private trust that has not been vested.
Employment income reporting
You must tell us the gross employment income you and your partner get so we can pay you the right amount.
Proving your identity in person for a Centrelink payment
How to prove who you are in person at a service centre.