- Family Tax Benefit
- What can affect your payment
How your percentage of care affects your Family Tax Benefit (FTB) payments
As part of a care assessment, we consider how often each parent or non-parent carer, cares for a child. This is the percentage of care.
Centrelink payments and care arrangements
If a child’s care or shared care arrangements change, this may affect your Centrelink payments.
- Who can get it
- The Transition to Work subsidy
Transition to Work participation requirements additional child care subsidy
There are a number of recognised participation types that count towards your requirements. These include studying, looking for a job, working or training.
- Assistance for Isolated Children Scheme
- Who can get it
Living and study requirements for Assistance for Isolated Children
Your child’s living and study arrangements will determine which allowance or supplement you get.
- Assistance for Isolated Children Scheme
- Who can get it
Age requirements for Assistance for Isolated Children
Your child must meet the age requirements.
- Assistance for Isolated Children Scheme
- Who can get it
Isolation conditions for Assistance for Isolated Children
To get Assistance for Isolated Children (AIC), your child must meet certain isolation conditions.
- What can affect your payment
- Child support and your Family Tax Benefit Part A
What happens if you change how you transfer child support while you get FTB Part A
If you change how you collect child support, it could impact your FTB Part A. It could also impact our ability to recover underpayments of child support.
- What can affect your payment
- Child support and your Family Tax Benefit Part A
How child support affects FTB Part A payment rates
The more child support you receive or are entitled to, the less FTB you may get. This is called the Maintenance Income Test.
- What can affect your payment
- Child support and your Family Tax Benefit Part A
What happens if we update your child support assessment while you get FTB Part A
If circumstances change for you or the other parent, we’ll update your child support assessment. This means your FTB payments may change too.
- What can affect your payment
- Child support and your Family Tax Benefit Part A
When you have a child support agreement while you get FTB Part A
You need to know how this affects your FTB.