- Newborn Upfront Payment and Newborn Supplement
- How much you can get
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.
Why you need to apply for child support while you get FTB Part A
Where possible, parents should take primary responsibility for the cost of looking after their children. This is why we ask you to apply for child support, also known as maintenance.
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.
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.
When you have a child support agreement while you get FTB Part A
You need to know how this affects your FTB.
Family Tax Benefit Part A balancing and child support
If you get Family Tax Benefit (FTB) Part A and child support, we’ll check you got the right amount of FTB when we balance your payments.
When your circumstances change while you get child support and FTB Part A
If your circumstances change we may need to change your assessment.
- Asset types
- Gifting
How gifting can affect your payment
If you or your partner gift money, income or assets, we may assess it in your income and assets tests.
- Newborn Upfront Payment and Newborn Supplement
- How to manage your payment
Travel outside Australia rules for Newborn Upfront Payment and Newborn Supplement
The Family Tax Benefit travel rules affect your Newborn Upfront Payment and Newborn Supplement when you travel outside Australia.