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Other circumstances that affect hours of subsidised child care for Child Care Subsidy

The number of hours of subsidised child care you can get depends on your circumstances.

How we use adjusted taxable income

What you claim determines how we work out your adjusted taxable income.

  1. Family Tax Benefit
  2. 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.

Care calendar for when care arrangements for a child changes

Use this calendar to let us know how often you care for a child. We use this to work out your percentage of care to calculate FTB payments and child support.

  1. Newborn Upfront Payment and Newborn Supplement
  2. Who can get it

Newborn Upfront Payment and Newborn Supplement if you have a baby

If you have a baby, you may be eligible to get Newborn Upfront Payment and Newborn Supplement.

  1. Newborn Upfront Payment and Newborn Supplement
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Newborn Upfront Payment and Newborn Supplement if a child comes into your care

If a child comes into your care, for example, through foster care, you may be eligible for Newborn Upfront Payment and Newborn Supplement.

  1. Newborn Upfront Payment and Newborn Supplement
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Newborn Upfront Payment and Newborn Supplement if you adopt a child

If you're adopting a child, you may be eligible for Newborn Upfront Payment and Newborn Supplement.

  1. Newborn Upfront Payment and Newborn Supplement
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Newborn Upfront Payment and Newborn Supplement amount for shared care and blended families

If you share the care of your child or have a blended family your payment amount depends on your circumstances.

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.

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.

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