If you get both Child Care Subsidy and Family Tax Benefit
We pay both the subsidy and Family Tax Benefit (FTB) based on your family income estimate. The higher your estimate is, the less subsidy and FTB you’ll get.
Update your relationship status for Child Care Subsidy
If your relationship status changes throughout the year, you need to let us know.
Confirm change of child care services for Child Care Subsidy
If you change child care services, you don’t need to tell us as long as you’re still using an approved service.
If your child is enrolled in other child care service
If your child attends multiple child care services, you can choose the amount of hours we pay to each service.
Travel time for Child Care Subsidy
You may be able to include travel time as part of your recognised activity for Child Care Subsidy.
Hours of care for Child Care Subsidy
You can use the hours of subsidised care you’re eligible for in a number of ways.
Casual or irregular hours of work for Child Care Subsidy
Casual or irregular work hours may affect your subsidised hours of care for Child Care Subsidy.
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.
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.