Most useful information for having a baby

1. Top payments
2. Family Tax Benefit

How to claim Family Tax Benefit

Complete the following steps to claim Family Tax Benefit. Before you start, check if you can get it.

1. Asset types
2. Gifting

How much you can gift

Your payment may be affected if you gift more than the value of the gifting free area each year.

Immunisation medical contraindication or natural immunity

You may be able to have an immunisation medical contraindication or natural immunity recorded on the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) if there is a valid medical reason.

1. Medicare
2. How to enrol

Enrolling your baby in Medicare

You can enrol your baby when you claim some family payments or by using a form.

1. Child Care Subsidy
2. How to manage your payment

Details you need to give your child care service for Child Care Subsidy

When you enrol your child in an approved child care service, you need to give them some information.

Setting up online accounts for Centrelink

To do your business with us, create a myGov account and link it to Centrelink.

1. Income
2. Income specific to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians

If you’re Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander or both and you get money for cultural work or services

If you’re Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander or both and you or your partner get money for cultural work or services, you need to let us know so you don’t get a debt.

1. Retraining
2. Most useful information

Details of income stream product form (SA330)

Use this form to give us information about your income stream, so we can calculate your payment.

1. Natural disaster
2. Most useful information

Crisis and other help

We can help if you’re in severe financial hardship, recovering from a disaster, or need special assistance.

Explanation or formal review of a decision form (SS351)

Use this form to ask for an explanation or formal review of a decision.