- Aged care calculation of your cost of care
- How to manage your aged care costs
Changes to your circumstances and aged care costs
We need to know about changes to your circumstances within 28 days of the change occurring.
Real estate assets
Information about how real estate assets affect your payment under the assets test.
Income
Most types of income count in your income test. We use this and your assets test to assess if you can get a payment, and to calculate your rate of payment.
- Age Pension
- How to manage your payment
Change of circumstances when you get Age Pension
If you get Age Pension and your circumstances change, you need to tell us. We need to check if you can keep getting it.
Mutual obligation requirements if you’re 55 or older
Find out about your mutual obligation requirements if you’re 55 and over.
Advance payment
You may get part of your income support payment or Family Tax Benefit (Part A) early. This is an advance payment. You pay it back later out of your payments from us.
Real estate income
This is lease or rent money you get from a property you own. It counts in your income test.
Deeming
Deeming rules are used to work out income from your financial assets. We add this to your other income and apply the income test to determine your payment rate.
- Asset types
- 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.
- JobSeeker Payment
- How to report and manage your payment
Change of circumstances when you get JobSeeker Payment
You need to tell us if your circumstances change as it can affect your JobSeeker Payment.