- Asset types
- Gifting
How gifting can affect your payment
If you or your partner gift money, income or assets, we may assess it in your income and assets tests.
Employment income
This is pay you get for work you've done for an employer.
- Growing up
- Most useful information
Tax Deduction Authority form (SU066)
Use this form to authorise us to deduct tax from your Centrelink payment.
- Contact us
- How to get more information from us
Explanations and formal reviews
Find out what you can do if you want more information or disagree with a decision we've made.
- Aged care calculation of your cost of care
- How to apply online
Nominate someone to deal with us if you get a DVA payment and help with aged care cost of care
If you get a Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) payment and you're living in an aged care home or get a Home Care Package, you can choose a nominee to deal with us for you.
- Income and assets tests
- Income
Deeming
Deeming rules are used to work out income from your financial assets. We add this to your other income and apply the income test to determine your payment rate.
- Continence Aids Payment Scheme
- Who can get it
Residence rules for the Continence Aids Payment Scheme
To be eligible for the Continence Aids Payment Scheme you must meet residency requirements.
- Top payments
- Carer Payment
Who can get Carer Payment
To get Carer Payment, both you and the person you provide care for need to be eligible.
- Relationship changes
- Most useful information
Relationship details form (SS284)
Use this form to provide us details of your living arrangements. This is so we can assess whether to pay you as a single person or as a member of a couple.
- Non-medical rules
- Income and assets tests
Income test for Disability Support Payment
Your income can reduce how much we pay you. We use the pension income test to assess Disability Support Pension (DSP).