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Your income can affect Child Care Subsidy

The Child Care Subsidy (CCS) percentage you’re entitled to depends on your family’s income.

  1. Top payments
  2. Child Care Subsidy

How to manage your Child Care Subsidy

If you get Child Care Subsidy (CCS), we need accurate information about your circumstances. You must keep your information up to date.

  1. Family Tax Benefit
  2. Who can get it

Residence rules for Family Tax Benefit

To be eligible for Family Tax Benefit Part A and Part B you must meet the residence rules.

  1. Top payments
  2. Child Care Subsidy

How to balance your payment for Child Care Subsidy

We compare your income estimate with your actual income at the end of each financial year. This is how we check you got the right amount.

Demerits and suspensions for not meeting mutual obligation requirements

Job seekers could get demerits, suspensions and financial penalties for not meeting mutual obligation requirements.

When we pre-fill your information

There are some things you need to know about income, Single Touch Payroll (STP) and other details we pre-fill for you.

  1. Prove your identity
  2. Proving your identity online

How to prove your identity to Centrelink through myGov

How to prove who you are to Centrelink through myGov using the Centrelink identity verification linking option.

Asset hardship provisions

We may stop, reject or reduce your payment because of the assets test. If this is the case, you may be able to apply under the asset hardship provisions.

Seasonal work preclusion period

This applies if you or your partner finished seasonal, contract or intermittent work within 6 months of submitting your claim.

  1. Parenting Payment
  2. Who can get it

Income and assets tests for Parenting Payment

The amount of Parenting Payment you can get depends on your income and assets as well as your partner’s, if you have one.

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