Advising non-lodgement of a tax return
If you got Family Tax Benefit (FTB) or Child Care Subsidy (CCS) and you or your partner don’t need to lodge a tax return, you need to tell us and confirm your family income.
- Managing your money
- Centrelink debts and overpayments
When you can pause your debt repayments
You can pause your repayments if you’re affected by a crisis, disaster, emergency event or financial hardship.
- Growing up
- Most useful information
Adopting a child
We have a range of payments and services to help parents care for their newly adopted child.
- How much you can get
- Income and assets tests
What the personal income test is for Youth Allowance for students and Australian Apprentices
We check your personal income to see if you’re eligible for Youth Allowance and work out how much you’ll get.
- Tertiary Access Payment
- Who can get it
Residence rules for the Tertiary Access Payment
To be eligible for the Tertiary Access Payment (TAP) you must meet the residence rules.
- Austudy
- Who can get it
Income tests for Austudy
We use income tests to see if you’re eligible for Austudy and work out how much you’ll get.
Allowances while getting an income support payment
Some work related allowances are assessable income and can affect your payment amount.
- Centrelink payment summary
- What’s on it
Payments that don’t show on your payment summary
Your Centrelink payment summary won’t show some taxable payments you get from us. But if you get any, you'll need to report them in your tax return.
- Who can get it
- Experiencing stillbirth or neonatal death
Deciding between Parental Leave Pay and Stillborn Baby Payment
If your baby was stillborn, there are payments to support you.
- ABSTUDY
- High school, university or other higher education students
ABSTUDY for masters or doctorate study
There’s ABSTUDY support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students doing a masters or doctorate.